{"id":925,"date":"2011-04-01T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=925"},"modified":"2011-04-01T14:40:26","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T18:40:26","slug":"no-excuse-for-tree-topping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2011\/04\/01\/no-excuse-for-tree-topping\/","title":{"rendered":"No Excuse for Tree Topping"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_982\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Picture-413.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-982\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-982 \" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"Picture 413\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Picture-413-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Picture-413-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Picture-413-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maple tree &quot;hat rack&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Why do people top trees? Often, it is because \u201ctheir neighbor(s) did it\u201d. When asked whether they believe their neighbor to be a wise person, the typical response is \u201cNO\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Negatives About Tree Topping:<\/strong> 1. A topped tree reduces property values in a community. Topping adds a blight look to a neighborhood or over an entire city; 2. A topped tree is more threatening. Re-growth branches are weak and dangerous to park cars, people, and particularly children playing beneath them; 3. A topped tree costs you more in future expenses; and 4. The tree may not survive topping.<\/p>\n<p>If you feel threatened by a large tree, either have the tree pruned by a certified tree arborist or remove the tree. Select a new replacement tree based on its height at maturity. A properly pruned tree has limbs cutback to their point of attachment to a larger branch or trunk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s wrong with tree topping:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Removal of too much tree top reduces numbers of leaves, starving tree roots<\/li>\n<li>Opening tree center causes sunscald, injuring bark and burning wood which leads to disease<\/li>\n<li>Large pruning cuts don&#8217;t heal, causing tree infections<\/li>\n<li>New growths are weak and snap off in wind and ice storms making tree more hazardous<\/li>\n<li>Disfigures the overall look of the tree<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do people top trees? Often, it is because \u201ctheir neighbor(s) did it\u201d. When asked whether they believe their neighbor to be a wise person, the typical response is \u201cNO\u201d. The Negatives About Tree Topping: 1. A topped tree reduces property values in a community. Topping adds a blight look to a neighborhood or over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[623,601,630],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=925"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":984,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925\/revisions\/984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}