greenfoot
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I'm a layman, looking for feedback on my over enthusiastic day or pruning. The pole saw took over.... I believe this is an eastern black oak, the branch was reaching out and down into the road, it was a bit much for a manual pole handsaw. A 6in branch, the cut is 8+in. 2 queries:
Did the 3 cut but still a bit of tear. Did I leave enough collar? There was some flare that went with the bottom of the branch.
Is this within the safe time to prune a big oak? It was March 2nd with another week of high/lows 40s/30s (a couple colder) before spring will probably start kicking in. There's been a lot of rain in SE Virginia. Starting to feel more like Seattle...
Did the 3 cut but still a bit of tear. Did I leave enough collar? There was some flare that went with the bottom of the branch.
Is this within the safe time to prune a big oak? It was March 2nd with another week of high/lows 40s/30s (a couple colder) before spring will probably start kicking in. There's been a lot of rain in SE Virginia. Starting to feel more like Seattle...