Pollards, the forgotten art-discussion

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Hi, interested to know if anyone starts new pollards when the opportunity arises? May have been talked about on this thread before ( but it's been going a while n I only just found it ). I've always felt even though old pollards can be managed they're not immortal and if new ones are not 'created' eventually there won't be any left for our descendants to appreciate.

 

Yes I do, the industry doesnt recognise it as legitimate work though, its "sub standard":lol:

[timbernut]

Cool! I'm always try to persuade customers to do it with young trees on boundaries and other suitable places. Once they've got away I rub some of the lower epicormic growth as it seems to encourage the top along, they're not the best lookin things for a couple of years!

[sean]

Its what we need....more and more pollards!! Especially in locations where there are veteran pollards so they become heir apparents.

[Eddy_t]

I've started a few, the one that has an annual scalp is coming along nicely, just grows like buggery now

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I've started a few, the one that has an annual scalp is coming along nicely, just grows like buggery now

 

 

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Im really looking forward to making working pollards a strong feature at my Bulgarian second home:thumbup1: also preserving and encouraging the locals own in the common lands and wood pastures

 

there will be much posting in the future of this epic adventure no doubt

[Paul Cleaver]

Im sure a decade or two ago - landowners (mainly aimed at farmers) could get a grant for pollarding some trees -my memory is a bit vague but I think OM willows were one

[sean]

Im really looking forward to making working pollards a strong feature at my Bulgarian second home:thumbup1: also preserving and encouraging the locals own in the common lands and wood pastures

 

there will be much posting in the future of this epic adventure no doubt

 

i'll be visiting mate:001_smile:

[Eddy_t]

Im really looking forward to making working pollards a strong feature at my Bulgarian second home:thumbup1: also preserving and encouraging the locals own in the common lands and wood pastures

 

 

 

there will be much posting in the future of this epic adventure no doubt

 

 

 

Bulgaria? I suppose you'll fit right in over there with your fungal knowledge

 

It was the HLS that encouraged veteranisation pollards, and paid out a whopping £58 per tree! Hence why many farmers still don't have pollards

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Bulgaria? I suppose you'll fit right in over there with your fungal knowledge

 

It was the HLS that encouraged veteranisation pollards, and paid out a whopping £58 per tree! Hence why many farmers still don't have pollards

 

 

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Funny isnt it, HLS scheme (natural england) pay a farmer 58 quid to pollard a tree, while the arb industry crucify a man for doing the same in the urban context!

[woodyguy]

I had a SC sapling under my powerline 18 months ago. So cut it off at about 9 foot up rather than ground level. It's had two growing seasons since then and grows like crazy. I'll need to keep it below 25 foot so more high coppice than full pollard but it is already surprisingly vigorous and attractive. I think I'll do a few more.