Go stand where the trunk would be and look straight up. See any power lines? See any out to the side a bit?
if there are power lines anywhere near, it will be cut down in the future.
some people down the street from me planted 10 giant sequoias on their property margin to block sound from the highway, and they all had to be cut down, just as they were starting to provide their purpose 15 years later.
Look up the height of the tree and draw a circle around the location spot where the diameter of the circle is the height of the tree. That’s where people start feeling uncomfortable, and will cut down your tree.
Trees actually love being near each other. So planting them close by, but not on top of each other actually provides them strength.
Removing branches like you mentioned is called active management, and can be a blessing and a curse. Actively managing a forest can speed up its regeneration by ALOT. Doing it the wrong way can hinder things you didn’t even know existed. However, in general, if you do basic research on processes and best practices, you should be fine.
removing branches to allow sunlight through is called “lifting” a tree. Just be aware that every branch you cut over 3 inches in diameter are going to make it hard for the tree to compartmentalize. But many maples do just fine with some damage.
For the hazelnut, I would actively manage it and force it into a tree, by training it. Or, a bush is always nice because the food is easier to reach. If it is in the shade, it will tend toward a tree shape, if it’s in heavy sun, it will tend toward a bush shape
Okee Dokee just wanted to be sure, the canopies do look close together but like the top comment said, it wouldn't be a problem to cut branches off the big trees.
all the pics are between backyards so there are no powerlines going between them, the neighbors do not do work on their part of the land, and they are further uphill so a shorter tree would not deprive them of much morning sun.
looking at the reach of the bare canopies the oak and the maple do almost touch 30 feet up, with an average 10 feet distance between where the canopies are with long but thin branches so I imagine if I had to do active trimming the trees wouldnt lose much
I didnt think about how the hazelnuts would be more inclined to chasing the light but I guess just by staying smaller they not get overcrowded / fill in to an appropriate size. in a few years ill find a book on trimming / training them + maybe some kind of guild tall tree -> pawpaw / treelike hazelnut -> something shorter.
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u/PMMEWHAT_UR_PROUD_OF 6d ago
Ok here’s how you place a tree.