What
is Lopping Cropping Topping?
It
is the shortening of trunks, branches, limbs or stems,
often to places of convenience. It can be described as
the indiscriminate
and mismanaged removal and destruction of a trees natural
crown and structure. In it's severe form, lopping involves
the total removal of the tree's canopy, leaving nothing
except stubs. |
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The
Misguided Beliefs & Reasons
Why People Do it
| The
primary reasons given for lopping are based largely on the fear that
during storms trees will fall on houses and that lopping has been done
so often that it appears the correct thing to do. Lets face it, as you
drive around, you see it in abundance. |
|
Some
reasons are...
| 1. |
To
allow views |
| 2. |
To
prevent excessive leaf drop |
| 3. |
To
prevent branch breakage |
| 4. |
To
allow sunlight through to the pool, clothes line etc. |
| 5. |
To
prevent interference with TV reception |
| 6. |
To
stop neighbours complaints about overhanging branches |
| 7. |
To
clear views |
| In
the majority of instances, the work is performed by contractors
who either "Don't know any better" or who find
lopping most profitable for themselves regardless of the
consequences to customers and trees. |
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