Pollards, the forgotten art-discussion

[David Goss]

to me it looks like this tree has had the cavity rotting away inside for a long time and finally the limb broke off in wind, or with snow, or just with its own weight because there was not enough wood left to hold it. Then i see what seems to be a massive fungus (which may not be and is just some regrowth of wood) of some sort growing out from the top of the hole which is having a good munch on the dead wood (i need a closer look). Monkey's tree looks sad and desperate to live as long as it can but will probably have the same thing happen as with hamadryad's photo when any of the limbs get too big for their anchors. This is one of the reasons i dont like pollards because you have to keep on cutting the poor tree to stop it pulling itself apart. Anyway i am here with an open mind and i am still waiting to be convinced that pollarding is good. (i hope you are prepared to work for it because i will take a lot of convincing)

[David Goss]

oops didnt realise there was so many replies to this geez i got some heavy reading! my last comment was for the beginning of the thread. I will need to come back to this later... excuse my noobness

[Xerxses]

oops didnt realise there was so many replies to this geez i got some heavy reading! my last comment was for the beginning of the thread. I will need to come back to this later... excuse my noobness

 

:lol:Youre not the first!

Welcome!!!:thumbup:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

This is one of my fave natural pollards, and a rather rare one, the decay agent is obviously brown, never fruted in my experience but I know it is laetiporus sulphureus due to the mycelial matts you see in the close up. This brown rot is very rare in beech, what a wonderful tree. Its a little bit stressed and this is down to the shading via some syamores which have invaded the wood, the managment seek to remove the sycamore, and in this wood I condone it.

 

 

 

 

[David Humphries]

What a great wee survivor

 

Interesting branch form.

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

What a great wee survivor

 

Interesting branch form

 

you dont really want me to say whats causing the branch form do you?

 

competition of course, causing the lower limbs to alter direction after the top was lost, but you knew that, but good point to make:thumbup:

[Mesterh]

Some of the most visual, interesting-------- are pollards.

[Adam Bourne]

sorry mate i ment this thread:lol:

 

Happy Easter:thumbup1:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

sorry mate i ment this thread:lol:

 

Happy Easter:thumbup1:

 

aye! NOW THATS A POLLARD!

 

awesome post!

[Sam Thompson]

sorry mate i ment this thread:lol:

 

Happy Easter:thumbup1:

 

Cool tree mate Very cool tree. Any more info?