Eddy wrote in news:Yrqcp.104126
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Hello All.

The extraordinary gales whistling through Shropshire from Wales several
weeks ago were too much for the thin 18-foot conifer in this photo.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...ey/treeinwind-
tunnel.jpg

This conifer just could not withstand the wind and once the gales
subsided it was left standing about 30 degrees from vertical! (It was
easy enough to straighten it up again, largely by stamping heavily on
the ground on the side from which the wind had hit it.)

As this tree is only going to grow taller and thicker and encounter
greater difficulty in the gales of each autumn and spring, it seems to
me I only have two solutions:

1. Keep it at its current height and support the three with a diagonal
post from behind, so that while the top may bend backwards
(temporarily)
in harsh winds, the root system won't be pulled at again, and once the
winds stop the tree will be left fully vertical again.

2. Reduce it to a height of about six feet, and trim its branches, IF
this kind of conifer will accept such cutting and IF it will then bush
and fill itself in.

What do you advise?

Is there another solution?

There's another conifer, of a different sort, nearby, which is
currently
only 6 feet high and which will grow into a very high and wide tree if
I
let it, but that cannot be because of proximity to the house. However
I
know that it is one of those conifers that you CAN trim and shape and
it
will "bush". But as for this one (in the photo), I have no idea.

Many thanks,

Eddy.



Very nice view of the whole scene, Eddy.
I am envious, and if all you have to worry about is that tree I envy you
more.
I am no expert with trees, but isn't the tree in question very, or too
close to the one on the right of it?
How your garden must look in summer when in leaf! Is that little road
separating you from your neighbour? or is it yours? Either way it is a
dream.

Caz(cas)
Long suffering other half of Baz