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Posted by Nate Nagel on May 4, 2008, 10:40 am
Joseph Meehan wrote:
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>> Hi all,
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>> So what do I do with this tree?...
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>> nate
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>> replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.
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> As someone suggested, often those trees are not yours. They may
> belong to the city. If you mess it up, you could end up buying a new
> mature (very expensive) tree. You also may find that the city will be
> happy to come out and take care of the situation. It may not be to your
> liking, but chances are good they would end up doing the same thing a
> professional you would hire would do, only you may not need to pay for it.
>
> My suggestion is to call in a professional and don't be surprised if
> the suggestion involves replacing the tree.
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> I might consider staking the tree and slowly (over several years)
> shorting the lines to slowly move it more upright. You might not like
> the results however.
>
There is no sidewalk on my side of the street, and the utilities are
running down the property line between the back of the lot and the lot
one street over, so I don't think that the city really has any interest
in the tree. But I do understand your concern in that regard, I didn't
clarify in my original post.
But that brings me back to my original question - what to use for a
stake? a steel ground rod was no match for the tree, would some old
cyclone fence pipes be stiffer? I seem to remember being able to bend
them by hand (I took all of the non-perfect ones that were kicking
around to the dump last year in a fit of yard trash cleaning)
nate
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