rohitsuk Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 I have several lovely trees in my garden but they are getting dangerously large and near the overhead electrical wires and the roof of my house and my neighbours house. I should be very grateful if somebody could put me in touch with a tree pruner who could cut back and shape my trees and not just hack them down to the roots, which seems to be the usual approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglechef Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Where are you located? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FolkGuitar Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I always wanted to be a tree surgeon, but I faint at the sight of sap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taotoo Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Probably better off a tree surgeon than comedian ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seajae Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 depends on the tree variety for shaping, you really need someone that is qualified and knows what each variety needs to have done or they could kill them or ruin their growth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohitsuk Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 Where are you located? Thanks for your response. I am at Montfort Villa, close to Montfort College just off the Mahidol Road before the intersection with the Superhighway at Don Chan. Regards - rohitsuk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglechef Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Sorry only know my local guys which is far from you. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohitsuk Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 Sorry only know my local guys which is far from you. Good luck Thanks anyway for your reply. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackr Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 you really need someone that is qualified and knows what each variety needs to have done or they could kill them or ruin their growth. 55555 good luck with that. I'm sure they are around but 99% will typically top them (worst thing you can do to a tree, making them unstable) and hack the things up. The wrong trees are usually planted in the wrong places. Thing to do is to just ask around your neighbourood, someone will know a pack of monkeys to come and rearrange them for you for sure. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohitsuk Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 you really need someone that is qualified and knows what each variety needs to have done or they could kill them or ruin their growth. 55555 good luck with that. I'm sure they are around but 99% will typically top them (worst thing you can do to a tree, making them unstable) and hack the things up. The wrong trees are usually planted in the wrong places. Thing to do is to just ask around your neighbourood, someone will know a pack of monkeys to come and rearrange them for you for sure. ;-) Yes, you are right and I have seen lots of that about the place which is why I am trying to find somebody who can do it properly and not ruin my lovely trees but perhaps I am looking for something that is not here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Hope someone recommends a proper tree pruner. Just witnessed the 'gardener' hacking off limbs willy-nilly on a medium-sized tree across the way at a neighbor's. This is in keeping with most tree hacking methods I've witnessed in Thailand over two decades. It is to cringe. Possibly inquire at the huge gardening supply area behind Lotus Kamtieng. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaideeguy Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Lots of tree butchers around my area. They have absolutely no idea as how to cleanly trim a tree properly with a machete. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nienke Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 You may want to pm drtreelove (a botanist who has been living in CNX): http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/user/74166-drtreelove/ . He knows about pruning trees: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/474577-tree-pruning/ and he may be able to refer you to someone here.And otherwise contact the person recommended by Tywais in this thread: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/564350-tree-pruning/?p=5419974&hl=%2Bpruning+%2Btrees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohitsuk Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 You may want to pm drtreelove (a botanist who has been living in CNX): http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/user/74166-drtreelove/ . He knows about pruning trees: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/474577-tree-pruning/ and he may be able to refer you to someone here. And otherwise contact the person recommended by Tywais in this thread: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/564350-tree-pruning/?p=5419974&hl=%2Bpruning+%2Btrees Thanks so much for that, I shall do as you suggest. I was beginning to feel a bit desperate as most replies simply confirm my own observations of the hack it down to the roots approach. I have watched these trees grow for the past six years and it would just be valdalism to ruin them now that they need a little careful pruning and they shade my house wonderfully from the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drtreelove Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Thanks Nienke, but I am no longer in Thailand, I'm back in San Francisco. I have a couple of possibilities for referrals, two Thai men from Mae Jo area who worked with me and do good pruning work, but I have to have my wife find current contact information. I'll PM if I find them. Dok Mai Garden may have someone to recommend. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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