Will this landscape JM live?

[Michigan Tree Murderer]

Background information.
I'm having a deck built and this Japanese maple was close to one of the ends of the deck. The work crew sent me this text message.



I should've been tipped off when he called it a bush.
This is what it looks like now. I put cut paste on the cuts. Will the tree live after being cut like this right before winter? It's about 30 years old & was healthy.

 

[snowman04]

This will be interesting... Hopefully, it has started it's dormant cycle since it has been so cold at night around here. Nice deck!

 

[Michigan Tree Murderer]

This will be interesting... Hopefully, it has started it's dormant cycle since it has been so cold at night around here. Nice deck!

Grab some popcorn.

 

[namnhi]

Background information.
I'm having a deck built and this Japanese maple was close to one of the ends of the deck. The work crew sent me this text message.

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I should've been tipped off when he called it a bush.
This is what it looks like now. I put cut paste on the cuts. Will the tree live after being cut like this right before winter? It's about 30 years old & was healthy.
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Laugh out loud!

 

[Dav4]

I bet it'll live. Make sure to seal those big cuts... I'd use cut paste/duct seal or something similar.

 

[BrightsideB]

Looks like an orangeola like I have. Regardless really close lol. The landscaper for some reason cut it crazy like a bush one day when I was gone lol. He was fired lol. It lived fine but did need a couple years of recovery. I think your will come back fine. Funny because they are a tree that anyone without any knowledge of botany thinks it’s a bush. We cut ours a couple feet from the ground and created pads so it looks like a tree lol.

 

[Michigan Tree Murderer]

Laugh out loud!

Prior to the JM cuts I was calling the work crew The Three Stooges. But mainly because they were job hopping, making the work take forever. I didn't realize I assigned Curly to pruning detail.

I bet it'll live. Make sure to seal those big cuts... I'd use cut paste/duct seal or something similar.

Okay $20 bucks. Thanks. I did seal the cuts when I got home. Wife is twice as angry about it as I am. I hope she doesn't find out about the trees I've killed.

Looks like an orangeola like I have. Regardless really close lol. The landscaper for some reason cut it crazy like a bush one day when I was gone lol. He was fired lol. It lived fine but did need a couple years of recovery. I think your will come back fine. Funny because they are a tree that anyone without any knowledge of botany thinks it’s a bush. We cut ours a couple feet from the ground and created pads so it looks like a tree lol.

I thought it was a Bloodgod or something like that, it's more crimson than orange. It was here when we moved in 20+ years ago so I'm not 100% sure. Thanks I hope it does make it.

 

[snowman04]

So did they do a good job on the deck?

 

[Michigan Tree Murderer]

So did they do a good job on the deck?

Yes. It looks really nice. I built the one they tore down (20 years ago). It's now Trex deck boards so I don't have to stain and care for as much.

 

[Hack Yeah!]

Make lemonade! Go ahead and pull some of those branches up and tie em to the new handrail!