What has been done to these trees

[Mick Dempsey]

I love it when they leave a little bit of growth on, like that’ll help!

 

They will be fine, throw out lovely come spring.

 

Look self sown, right up against that prefab wall, could mean their demise if one of them starts to push it over.

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

From the photos, I'm not sure the trees have been 'cut' previously and so perhaps this is the commencement of a cyclical management regime...as a resident / 'stake-holder' you're quite entitled to ask.

[Mick Dempsey]

1 minute ago, AA Teccie (Paul) said:

From the photos, I'm not sure the trees have been 'cut' previously and so perhaps this is the commencement of a cyclical management regime...as a resident / 'stake-holder' you're quite entitled to ask.

Time for a trip to the opticians Paul.

 

look closer.

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

Hmmm, appen.

 

Tbh Mick I'm just getting used to my first pair of specs...clearly the lenses aren't thick enough!

[Khriss]

5 hours ago, Stubby said:

Mullered !

seconded ! Wot shabby work. K

[Stubby]

Just now, Khriss said:

seconded ! Wot shabby work. K

I suspect its part of a mullering cycle that the council to every few years . As others have said ( and you know yourself )  they will sprout back . Limes and Plains are done on the regular basis in Chichester .  The Limes look like a bush on a thick stick the first year !

[Khriss]

I truly hate this style of pruning, it's massively prevalent an can be summed up in 'just cut to what will easily fit thru the woodchipper' it has no regard to tree biology or species or wound recovery. In fact a straight pollard would make the trees easier to manage on a 5-7 yr cycle or reform the crowns to a specific form. It produces poorly attached regrowth and initiates decay in many species. I never spec this on my reports. Plus the ivy cover has not been dealt with. K

[Stere]

Seen some  sycamores  worse than that. over  2ft diameter cuts they ended up looking like muntant a baobab trees. Cut to the "homeowners spec", & repeatedly cut every few yrs.

 

Now some have died after the repeated abuse.

 

 

[Mick Dempsey]

Meh.

It looks a bit untidy and poorly executed but it does the job.

 

I don’t see any sort of reforming of the crown working.

 

As for the pollard idea, isn’t that what it is? Albeit high, ugly and not started in the trees formative years.

 

 

[woody paul]

Insurance job, maybe come down in stages over 4_6 years do to problems with them moving wall.