Pollards, the forgotten art-discussion

[David Goss]

Wow you really do have it in for me dont you? that wasnt the post you were quoting me on plus that post of mine with "suffering" in it was more a light hearted joke but it seems i am mr target for you so go ahead i can take it. I must say though you are taking your time to come up with any proof that pollarding is good... i have been waiting for you to prove it to me since i started in this forum but all you seem to want to do is attack me and misquote me. I want to hear the moment you went "ah pollarding is good" what were you reading? what was it that changed your mind? thats all i wanted from you but lets just play your childish games instead go on give me a hard time about something else its obviously what your wanting out of this...

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Wow you really do have it in for me dont you? that wasnt the post you were quoting me on plus that post of mine with "suffering" in it was more a light hearted joke but it seems i am mr target for you so go ahead i can take it. I must say though you are taking your time to come up with any proof that pollarding is good... i have been waiting for you to prove it to me since i started in this forum but all you seem to want to do is attack me and misquote me. I want to hear the moment you went "ah pollarding is good" what were you reading? what was it that changed your mind? thats all i wanted from you but lets just play your childish games instead go on give me a hard time about something else its obviously what your wanting out of this...

 

Right, firstly ive not got it in for you, thats just silly! I do hold my ground though, if you cant handle the heat stay the hell out my kitchen!

 

Give me a few days, you obviously want to kno why i believe pollarding is good, but the many posts ive made and links to info are not enough so I will have to amass something special for a special boy!

 

One thing i never do is back peddle!

Edited April 26, 2011 by Tony Croft aka hamadryad

[David Goss]

Ok i await your mass of info.

Just to say its not YOUR kitchen its everybodys kitchen and yea i am special

[armybloke]

Managed to convince the Wildlife Trust in keeping this as a monolith last year and I checked up on her yesterday to find that she is sprouting epicormics on her trunk. We left the giraffes on to give her a fighting chance and bingo! The beasties and birds love it!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Managed to convince the Wildlife Trust in keeping this as a monolith last year and I checked up on her yesterday to find that she is sprouting epicormics on her trunk. We left the giraffes on to give her a fighting chance and bingo! The beasties and birds love it!

 

The giraffes are not the key here, the haloing is, by design or default.

 

found this group of vets @ Hatfield forest yesterday, It took me a while to recognise the portion of hatfield i was in, as it had been cleared of scrub, it was once a thicket! The old ash oak and hawthorns that have been left are shooting like crazy, a great move on thier part. I think its part of re opening the old grazing regime.

 

oh and yes they are pollards too!

 

 

 

 

 

[armybloke]

The giraffes are not the key here, the haloing is, by design or default.

 

 

Mate, enlighten me - haloing?

[RobArb]

clearing a space around said tree from all vegetation (or to that effect, i think:blushing:)

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Mate, enlighten me - haloing?

 

http://www.treeworks.co.uk/downloads/Notes_on_Arboricultural_Techniques_for_VT_management.pdf

[RobArb]

"To address the lack of viable foliar growth about the crown it is usual to consider improving light

penetration to the stem and crown by thinning and or reducing surrounding competitive growth

(‘releasing’ or ‘haloing’ the tree)"

 

thats what i said, kind of:thumbup:

[armybloke]

"To address the lack of viable foliar growth about the crown it is usual to consider improving light

penetration to the stem and crown by thinning and or reducing surrounding competitive growth

(‘releasing’ or ‘haloing’ the tree)"

 

thats what i said, kind of:thumbup:

 

Grateful to you and Hama. Downloaded the 'red bit' and copied to file for future reference. Interesting stuff and something I will take in my brain on future site visits.