Könnte ich den Rücken meines Nadelbaums abschneiden, um meinen Nachbarn nicht zu sehr zu stören und zu verhindern, dass er in seinen Garten und die anschließenden Hecken hineinwächst, aber auf meiner Seite gut aussieht?
Könnte ich den Rücken meines Nadelbaums abschneiden, um meinen Nachbarn nicht zu sehr zu stören und zu verhindern, dass er in seinen Garten und die anschließenden Hecken hineinwächst, aber auf meiner Seite gut aussieht?
Gonna need some more info. Pictures would be useful. Need to know more specifically what the conifer is.
Laylelo on
If you’re doing it to benefit your neighbour why don’t you ask them?
Soppydogg on
Firstly, it might help if you could name your conifer?
If (for the purposes of illustration) they are Leylandii not only do they grow like the clappers ie 75 to 90 cms in a season; you also have the problem of they won’t regenerate if you cut into the brown wood. This would leave your neighbour with an unsightly brown looking dead, conifer wall to to enjoy while they are sipping their mint juleps on their patio.
Hope this helps getting you some sage advice ….
Hugs
Catvinnatz on
That would look a dogs dinner on the neighbours side. I assume if they wanted it cutting they’d have already done it and returned the branches to you. You will need their permission to access via their land in any case so why not ask them how they feel about it?
Thin-Disaster3247 on
You can, but if you cut it back to far it won’t grow back so your neighbour will be left with bare branches and trunk. As Laylelo above has said why don’t you ask your neighbour
EmbarrassedBar9310 on
That’s the idea, they has hedging on their side, so what I’m getting at is I don’t want it to grow into their garden and ruin there hedge, so if I cut the back off a newly planted tall instant hedge will it still look ok on my side
kk24co on
We inherited a hedge cut like this, we had the green side and a some point neighbours had cut their side back to deadwood and pretty much back to the trunk.
From our side you’ve never had guessed it was massacred on the other side.
narbss on
If the neighbours haven’t said anything then leave it alone. Maybe they like it? Ask them what they think, or if you’d prefer not to spend money getting it pruned then don’t say anything. If they wanted to prune overhanging branches over their boundary they should be the one to pay for it to be done.
Realistically, communication is key here.
chaosandturmoil on
you can but it will look terrible. if however you just trimmed the whole tree back all the way around it would be beneficial for both and still look nice.
OrganizationLower611 on
Speak to them first
I say this because if it were me I’d rather have a few branches overhanging than what looks to be half a dead tree.its unlikely to change light levels etc
They also may allow you to get access from their side which would make it a lot easier for you.
Mitridate101 on
If you want it to fall over into your property go ahead.
earlycustard123 on
Cut it down while you can. They re a nuisance, you’ll thank me for it in 20 years when it’s 100ft tall.
Careful_Adeptness799 on
Yes and it will survive but look crap for them.
IThinkImAFlower on
Won’t this make the tree super unbalanced?
TenTonneMackerel on
Don’t do it. The tree will become very unbalanced and there’s a possibility a storm could break off part of the tree, or send the whole thing crashing down. I would always recommend chatting with someone experienced before cutting off a significant amount of a tree, as a large tree is not something to be messing about with.
Karloss_93 on
We have a conifer in a similar position and our neighbour completely sliced it in half so not so much as a twig was over his garden whilst we were out one day. It looks fucking ridiculous from our garden but it’s started to grow back out and it’s at least all green from our view.
On the other hand it looks horrific from his garden with the bare branches. He did this after hinting numerous times about us getting the tree cut down completely, so we think he did it knowing it would look shit and hoping we’d just get it cut down after.
Within 2 months his house was up for sale and we didn’t see him once outside in the garden.
Ldn_twn_lvn on
Sure,
Let it rip, tater chip!!
SomeGuyInTheUK on
You missed step 2, remove branches on your side, and step 3, remove trunk 🙂
oh_no3000 on
Just talk to your neighbour, they may be fine with it
OrdinaryQuestions on
Maybe cut the lower part so a fence can go there, but let the rest of the tree overhang. Rather than cutting the whole back off which would look hideous for term.
Best course of action though would be to ask the neighbour what they would prefer.
Brain-Dead-Robot on
Only cut 1/3 of the tree for it to continue to grow healthy if doing it for the neighbours but if you’re doing it for yourself cut it in half
Retro_infusion on
I’m sure they’d love an unqualified tree surgeon to start hacking at some branches hanging over their garden, you could surprise them and do it without telling them and say it’s a seasonal gift of good will.
MarvinArbit on
It won’t look good.If they have a hedge behid, you could trim the back to hedge height as their hedges would hide the bare bit.
You could possibly get it crowned, i.e. have the height taken off the top. But that depends on what the tree looks like as to how well it would work.
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Gonna need some more info. Pictures would be useful. Need to know more specifically what the conifer is.
If you’re doing it to benefit your neighbour why don’t you ask them?
Firstly, it might help if you could name your conifer?
If (for the purposes of illustration) they are Leylandii not only do they grow like the clappers ie 75 to 90 cms in a season; you also have the problem of they won’t regenerate if you cut into the brown wood. This would leave your neighbour with an unsightly brown looking dead, conifer wall to to enjoy while they are sipping their mint juleps on their patio.
Hope this helps getting you some sage advice ….
Hugs
That would look a dogs dinner on the neighbours side. I assume if they wanted it cutting they’d have already done it and returned the branches to you. You will need their permission to access via their land in any case so why not ask them how they feel about it?
You can, but if you cut it back to far it won’t grow back so your neighbour will be left with bare branches and trunk. As Laylelo above has said why don’t you ask your neighbour
That’s the idea, they has hedging on their side, so what I’m getting at is I don’t want it to grow into their garden and ruin there hedge, so if I cut the back off a newly planted tall instant hedge will it still look ok on my side
We inherited a hedge cut like this, we had the green side and a some point neighbours had cut their side back to deadwood and pretty much back to the trunk.
From our side you’ve never had guessed it was massacred on the other side.
If the neighbours haven’t said anything then leave it alone. Maybe they like it? Ask them what they think, or if you’d prefer not to spend money getting it pruned then don’t say anything. If they wanted to prune overhanging branches over their boundary they should be the one to pay for it to be done.
Realistically, communication is key here.
you can but it will look terrible. if however you just trimmed the whole tree back all the way around it would be beneficial for both and still look nice.
Speak to them first
I say this because if it were me I’d rather have a few branches overhanging than what looks to be half a dead tree.its unlikely to change light levels etc
They also may allow you to get access from their side which would make it a lot easier for you.
If you want it to fall over into your property go ahead.
Cut it down while you can. They re a nuisance, you’ll thank me for it in 20 years when it’s 100ft tall.
Yes and it will survive but look crap for them.
Won’t this make the tree super unbalanced?
Don’t do it. The tree will become very unbalanced and there’s a possibility a storm could break off part of the tree, or send the whole thing crashing down. I would always recommend chatting with someone experienced before cutting off a significant amount of a tree, as a large tree is not something to be messing about with.
We have a conifer in a similar position and our neighbour completely sliced it in half so not so much as a twig was over his garden whilst we were out one day. It looks fucking ridiculous from our garden but it’s started to grow back out and it’s at least all green from our view.
On the other hand it looks horrific from his garden with the bare branches. He did this after hinting numerous times about us getting the tree cut down completely, so we think he did it knowing it would look shit and hoping we’d just get it cut down after.
Within 2 months his house was up for sale and we didn’t see him once outside in the garden.
Sure,
Let it rip, tater chip!!
You missed step 2, remove branches on your side, and step 3, remove trunk 🙂
Just talk to your neighbour, they may be fine with it
Maybe cut the lower part so a fence can go there, but let the rest of the tree overhang. Rather than cutting the whole back off which would look hideous for term.
Best course of action though would be to ask the neighbour what they would prefer.
Only cut 1/3 of the tree for it to continue to grow healthy if doing it for the neighbours but if you’re doing it for yourself cut it in half
I’m sure they’d love an unqualified tree surgeon to start hacking at some branches hanging over their garden, you could surprise them and do it without telling them and say it’s a seasonal gift of good will.
It won’t look good.If they have a hedge behid, you could trim the back to hedge height as their hedges would hide the bare bit.
You could possibly get it crowned, i.e. have the height taken off the top. But that depends on what the tree looks like as to how well it would work.