{"id":9801,"date":"2017-09-22T13:36:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T13:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=9801"},"modified":"2025-07-30T11:50:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:50:59","slug":"publication-large-tree-cabling-and-bracing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/publication-large-tree-cabling-and-bracing\/","title":{"rendered":"Publication: Large Tree Cabling and Bracing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FNRDue to reasons such as pruning, location of growth and species characteristics, trees can grow in ways that don’t endorse long-term health and safety. To counter trees growing in unsafe ways, cabling, bracing, guying, or props can be utilized to prevent branch or whole-tree failure. These tree support systems reinforce critical areas of the tree by limiting the movement of branches or leaders. In the publication titled\u00a0Large Tree Cabling and Bracing<\/a>, FNR-550-W, common structural deficiencies in trees and the tree support devices used to prevent problems caused by those deficiencies are described and covered.<\/p>\n

Resources:
\n<\/strong>Tree Support Systems<\/a>,\u00a0The Education Store, Purdue Extension
\nTree Planting Part 1: Choosing a Tree<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension
\nTree Pruning: What Do Trees Think?<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension
\nForest Improvement Handbook<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension
\nGot Nature?<\/a>, Purdue Extension, Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n

Lindsey Purcell, Urban Forestry Specialist
\nPurdue University, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Due to reasons such as pruning, location of growth and species characteristics, trees can grow in ways that don’t endorse long-term health and safety. To counter trees growing in unsafe ways, cabling, bracing, guying, or props can be utilized to prevent branch or whole-tree failure. These tree support systems reinforce critical areas of the tree […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,80,622],"tags":[737,566,364,707,408],"class_list":["post-9801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forestry","category-trees","category-woodlands","tag-cables","tag-forests","tag-pruning","tag-support-systems","tag-trees","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t