This is my big beautiful maple tree. I recently discovered a huge hole in one of its main branches. Do we need to cut this branch off or is it fine to stay?
Yes. Yes. Yes. And like, yesterday. I mean you could TRY but itās so far gone I wouldnāt.
IllustriousAd9800
Yeah thatās an imminent hazard
billding1234
Immediately, if not sooner.
Western-Department36
Ok thank you! Iām assuming I can salvage the rest of the tree yes? Itās my favorite tree I donāt want to kill it
Ill_Television_1111
By the looks of it, its gonna auto delete itself sooner than later.
Top_Challenge6615
Yes
EmptyNeighborhood149
Chippity choppity
Adventurous-Aioli370
This branch has split along a longitudinal crack, and yikes looks like itās overhanging a roof as well. Call an arborist in your area as soon as possible, and show them this image.
-ezetree
What is pictured is a beam crack, and no you donāt necessarily need to remove it. Reducing the limb may be more than enough to address any issues.
That being said have a qualified professional inspect the tree and limb before doing anything.
In many cases these will stay in place for years and years and I personally manage numerous trees that have had beam cracks and they are fine.
We usually see this in over-extended limbs and often in long limbs with a flat orientation. The compression and tension forces meet in the middle and when combined with a longer limb or a strong end load we see these beam cracks occur.
New tissue will grow along the 4 edges of the crack which will add strength.
But please find a qualified and certified arborists to do an onsite visit.
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Yes. Yes. Yes. And like, yesterday. I mean you could TRY but itās so far gone I wouldnāt.
Yeah thatās an imminent hazard
Immediately, if not sooner.
Ok thank you! Iām assuming I can salvage the rest of the tree yes? Itās my favorite tree I donāt want to kill it
By the looks of it, its gonna auto delete itself sooner than later.
Yes
Chippity choppity
This branch has split along a longitudinal crack, and yikes looks like itās overhanging a roof as well. Call an arborist in your area as soon as possible, and show them this image.
What is pictured is a beam crack, and no you donāt necessarily need to remove it. Reducing the limb may be more than enough to address any issues.
That being said have a qualified professional inspect the tree and limb before doing anything.
In many cases these will stay in place for years and years and I personally manage numerous trees that have had beam cracks and they are fine.
We usually see this in over-extended limbs and often in long limbs with a flat orientation. The compression and tension forces meet in the middle and when combined with a longer limb or a strong end load we see these beam cracks occur.
New tissue will grow along the 4 edges of the crack which will add strength.
But please find a qualified and certified arborists to do an onsite visit.
https://www.treesaregood.org/findanarborist/findanarborist
yesterday
noooo it will fall off eventually
Yes that branch needs cutting.