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Post by Ron on Jul 12, 2018 8:46:18 GMT
I have an old apple tree which is largely unproductive nowadays. It is a job I would not want to face to cut it down and dispose of it. I have heard that if you cut a ring of bark away from the trunk that this will eventually kill it but that it will remain structurally intact for quite a long time. Does anyone know whether or not this is true. I would use it as a structure to train climbers up and it would have the added benefit of being useful to wildlife.
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 13, 2018 15:32:12 GMT
OH has tried ring barking before Ron, with no success. The best thing might be to grow your climbers up the tree as it is as climbers may help bring a dead tree down. We have a clematis growing through one apple tree and a climbing rose through another - they both needed a lot of help to get going as they were planted close to an established tree but the rose in particular is more vigorous than the tree now! |
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Post by Ron on Aug 16, 2018 2:47:53 GMT
OH has tried ring barking before Ron , with no success. The best thing might be to grow your climbers up the tree as it is as climbers may help bring a dead tree down. We have a clematis growing through one apple tree and a climbing rose through another - they both needed a lot of help to get going as they were planted close to an established tree but the rose in particular is more vigorous than the tree now! Thanks Jasmine. Sounds like it may be worth a go at least. |
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 16, 2018 14:37:38 GMT
Nothing ventured.... and all that Ron! Good luck! |
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Post by Ron on Aug 17, 2018 0:56:44 GMT
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