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Heard a climber at the supply yard in Tulsa say he never spikes a prune job, got me thinking
Was picking up a new flip line at the supply yard in Tulsa last Friday and overheard a guy telling his groundie he never puts spikes on a tree he's just pruning, only removals. I've been guilty of spiking prunes when I'm in a hurry, mostly on bigger stuff where I just want the extra grip. He said the holes let decay in and he's seen it rot out trees 5 or 6 years later, which I never really tracked that far out. I did a silver maple prune on Tuesday without them and it took me maybe 20 extra minutes but the cuts felt cleaner. Any of you all notice a real difference down the road or is it more of a purist thing?
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david_hayes20d ago
Watched a buddy of mine spike the hell out of a live oak prune about 8 years back because he was rushing a storm cleanup job. Went by that same tree last spring and there was a line of black rot pockets right up the trunk where the holes were, bark was peeling around each one. Homeowner had no clue why the tree kept dropping limbs. Cost him the account when they figured it out.
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