Re: Tree butchery

There are ways of allowing wires to pass through  trees without
butchering them. It's called 'arial bundling' where all the numerous
cables and wires are bundled together in one 'rope', sheathed in
protective plastic and strung through the trees - only narrow gaps are
needed.

trevor n

>>> Charles Dills <cdills@charter.net> 27/08/2004 10:50:58 am >>>
	What I don't understand is how a rational half-aware person can
plant  
a Liquidambar tree under a powerline. In some developments, the trees 

were pre-existing and the problem is rather unavoidable. But a new  
development?
	I applied for the local Tree Committee. I think I come off as
too  
troublesome for a city committee. They don't want someone that doesn't 

have their opinions already. One of my peeves is that the city does  
almost nothing to educate people about what trees are "appropriate". I 

frankly don't think they know because I don't think they have spent ten
 
minutes looking. There is a pine tree, probably an Italian Stone Pine 

that has been sliced off just under the power lines. It's interesting 

looking but totally inappropriate in my view.
	It seems to me that there should be a way of allowing the wires
to  
penetrate the tree without massive pruning. It seems to me there ought 

to be a way of anchoring the lines to the tree , to the trunk directly,
 
which would allow the tree to remain as it should be. In other words, 

use the tree as a pseudo-pole!
	Ah well, people buy a cute little thing in a gallon bucket and
figure  
they can plant it just anywhere. Then they express surprise ten years 

later when it is 60 feet tall and has cracked the slab of their house! 

Ugh! A pox on all of thee that do this!            ---Chas---
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On Aug 26, 2004, at 5:41 PM, Doobieous wrote:

>
> --- Bracey Tiede <tiede@pacbell.net> wrote:
>
>> Moira,
>>
>> Kiwis are no worse than Americans.  I drive around
>> the SF Bay Area sadly
>> noting the wholesale deformation of all kinds of
>> trees.  In some
>> neighborhoods that haven't undergrounded their
>> utility (power, phone, cable
>> tv) lines, the power company has come through and
>> created big vee-shaped
>> holes in the middle of street trees to keep them out
>> of the power lines.
>> There is a Chinese elm down the street that will
>> probably just split in half
>> this year because the majority of the tree is
>> hanging out over the street
>> and not over the trunk.  Palm trees are beheaded.
>> It's horrendous.
>>
>> Our MG group is thinking of having an 'Ugly Tree'
>> contest this winter so we
>> can post photos of what not to do on our website.
>
>
> There is a walnut tree along the 101 in Gilroy where
> they did just that... they cut a v-shape into the form
> of the tree to keep it out of the powerlines. Another
> thing i've seen is simply pruning back a Monterey
> Cypress to keep it out of the wires (it has worked...
> they didn't top it as far sa I can tall). But, more
> often than not they top the trees, which is quite sad.
>
> However most people  just don't plant anything under
> the lines it seems (well they don't even plant
> anything in planting medians where there are no
> overhead lines either... oddly)
>
> I really would love to see powerlines placed
> underground more. It would allow street trees to go
> unscathed and at least end lines falling due to wind
> storms and the like (although i suppose getting to a
> wire that's having problems with tree roots over them
> could be an issue.)
>
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