Help..
Have a magnificent 7metre tall Monkey tree, sadly very close to house,any ideas..

At that height you won't be able to move it, it won't look good if you try to prune it. So it's a question of whether you're going to cut it down or not. Questions to ask to help you decide are what sort of soil you are on, is there any evidence of damage to house or drains, are you on a level site or a slope (ie where are the main roots compared to your foundations), how old is the house - does it pre-date the tree, what is the probability of "heave" - the effect of removing a tree which has been taking all the water out of the soil, so that now it's gone, the water in the soil causes it to swell and potentially causes movement in nearby buildings.

"ericdun" wrote

Have a magnificent 7metre tall Monkey tree, sadly very close to
house,any ideas..


Move the house, you won't successfully move the tree. they have unusual
roots with few if any fibrous roots.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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Help..
Have a magnificent 7metre tall Monkey tree, sadly very close to
house,any ideas..

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ericdun

Yes. if you cut it down do not try burning it on an open fire unless you
have a tennis racket to hand - it spits burning pieces at you!


--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
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Help..
Have a magnificent 7metre tall Monkey tree, sadly very close to
house,any ideas..

Be warned that mature monkey puzzle trees end up as a tall bare trunk
with a high umbrella top. They get that way by shedding whole branches
successively from the bottom up; you wouldn't want them shedding onto your
roof or car.

Janet

I am aware of a similar tree. The owner shortened it. It sent out a new shoot from near the cut. In fact it sent out two. Periodic shortening is therefore an option for managing it, though it will never obtain the shape of the mature tree, sadly.

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ericdun

I have a photo shoot at the Theatre at 9.30 and after that I will go and
take a photo of what has been done to a Monkey Tree and post a link to it.
;-) ....... 'Some' of you will smile at it.

The photo shoot is of those who are going to Buckingham Palace today :-) I
will get the webmaster to post them on the Friends of Shanklin Theatre's web
site.

Mike

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Help..
Have a magnificent 7metre tall Monkey tree, sadly very close to
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ericdun

I have a photo shoot at the Theatre at 9.30 and after that I will go and
take a photo of what has been done to a Monkey Tree and post a link to it.
;-) ....... 'Some' of you will smile at it.


As promised ... http://www.myalbum.com/Album-GHPRM4W...-of-Other.html

Mike

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I'm an Angel, honest ! The horns are there just to keep the halo straight.

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On Mon, 21 May 2012 18:17:39 +0000, ericdun
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Help..
Have a magnificent 7metre tall Monkey tree, sadly very close to
house,any ideas..

The monkey puzzle tree ?
http://www.channel4.com/4food/recipe...le-nuts-recipe

Got any nuts on it?
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http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk

They take about 30-40 years to get to fruiting stage, so at 7m its probably not quite there yet. Then there are male and female trees, and if you are fortunate, after 30-40 years, to discover you have a female, you need a male in the area to pollinate it. Then they take about 2 years to ripen, and as the cones are generally rather high up you need to collect them as they fall off. Apparently there are a few places around where people manage to collect them in England, eg, there's an avenue of them at Longleat. Strictly for people with large pieces of land and a very long lead time to contemplate. This is why it is so sad that they are now confined, in the wild, to relatively small areas of Chile and Argentina, as the forests do not regenerate very easily. The nuts used to be a staple food for the native people.