On 28/06/2013 19:02, Emery Davis wrote:
Sadly a lovely mature hawthorn in our front garden blew over partially a
couple of weeks ago during the storms. It's just finishing blooming now,
and I'm wondering what I can do immediately with it; the branches are
blocking a door.

My immediate thought was to lighten the crown quite a bit, taking off the
lower hanging branches. I don't know if it can be pushed upright, what
do people think? Also the spot is difficult to get at with the tractor.
Since the trunk is only perhaps 15-20 degrees off of true, my thought is
it might be able to stay as is. I should mention that perhaps 10 years
ago it blew over, but as it was smaller I was able to get it back into
place and stake it. The secondary stakes have been gone for 5 or 6 years
now, I thought it was solid...

Can I start this major pruning now, or would it be much better to wait
for high summer, or indeed winter? It's a bit inconvenient as it is!

Thanks for any advice,

-E



Can you winch it back upright and prop it?