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How to stop my pruned branches falling into the neighbours?

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  • 27-04-2020 12:47pm
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    rubadub
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    Are there any tricks to stopping tree branches falling into a neighbours garden? I was thinking of some sort of lasso that would be put on branches so if they did fall in I could drag them back out. Of maybe you screw into the plant and have a rope attached to the screw or something.

    I could get a second helper if I need it (living in my house, not outside help) but is there a way to do it on my own?

    I have bits of rope and webbing straps and am handy at making things.

    There is potential for them falling into 5 houses and I did not want to go around calling with the current social distancing situation.

    I am using a loppers.


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    New Home
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    How big are the branches? You could use a large bedsheet as a net to catch what's falling by securing its corners to some other branch you're not cutting.

    You could also tie a rope around each of them, one at the time, and throw the rope over some other branch noose-like. You keep the rope taut, cut the branch (which would stay pretty much in place, or not budge by much), then gently loosen the rope to guide the branch down.


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    rubadub
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    New Home wrote: »
    How big are the branches?

    Some might be 10foot long, but no real leaves yet and the base is about 40mm diameter than I am cutting. I think I might cut some and sort of half cut them, making a mess of the cut so it does not fall off, then once I wrangle it in a direction so its definitely going to fall in my garden I can then do a final clean cut under the messed up one.
    New Home wrote: »
    You could also tie a rope around each of them, one at the time, and throw the rope over some other branch noose-like.
    I will try this too, I have another bush to do and that should work well I think I will wrap it around a bunch of them for that, they have very thin branches. I have very long webbing straps that can do the job.

    I was wondering if some commercial device was available and I could build my own. But I have no idea how to word what I am doing.

    thanks!


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    A branch-catcher or a branch-holder, so to speak?

    Hmmm. Maybe do a search for tree surgery tips, something might come up. Make sure you don't injure yourself, though...

    As in, this might not be a good idea...

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