I just got a 4 meter Acer Drummondii delivered. I’m doing the exact same technique with heavy duty wooden posts and rope. The trunk has a slight curve in it which I’m hoping will be corrected by next winter. Do you give your trees any feed during this process or is it best to only water them?
Do you have any before and after pictures? Some arborists are saying this does not work and the trunk will just go back to its curvy shape once the stakes are removed.
❤. Thank you very much this technique is by far the very best video and solution that I have came across. Trouble is my tree is already in the ground for the third year but the trunk is only an inch and a half. I'm wondering if I can still use this technique?
Great vid, ive just planted a silver birch with a rather crooked trunk. Its about the diameter of yours. Whats the issue with bracing it while its in leaf though?
My crimson sentry trunk is 4ft tall, about 1.5cm thick and is lightly twisty and bent in bits. The trunk itself should hopefully just thicken up and straighten as it widens. It has a grafted top that is slightly to the side so I have it positioned for the wind to be pushing it back slightly. Just hoping it sorts itself out 😅
Great vid! Isnt here a risk that you exacerbate the problem by bracing the trunk so much that it can't hold its own weight/height? I.e. being too bendy
I had a FULL SIZE tree that uprooted and fell over. It actually kept living like that and grew a "new top". It was almost laying on the ground. I put some 4x4 posts in and pulled the tree back upright. It was so fallen over that the new top of the tree actually became a branch. So I brought it back and left it like that for two years. Then I removed the post and the chains and the tree has been fine for 4 years now. Big Apple producer.
