Can we talk about how many folks misread codominant stems as two separate trees

Wendy Gibson · 2026-10-31T13:35:05.187497+00:00

I was walking a client's yard in Knoxville last Tuesday and she had two big maples she wanted taken out because "they were growing into each other." Turns out it was one tree with a codominant stem and a weak union at about 10 feet up, which is a totally different job and a totally different risk. People see the V and assume two trunks, but that fork is where the failure usually starts, so it needs a cable or a reduction cut, not a removal. Any of you have a good way to explain that fork to homeowners without sounding like you're just upselling them?

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