Pleaching

[benhudson treeworks]

Had a request from a Cambridge college to ariel pleach some limes ! Has anyone done any ???

[treemotion]

Had a request from a Cambridge college to ariel pleach some limes ! Has anyone done any ???

WTF is that.

[treejumper]

No - I know what it is but have never seen it done - I would also be interested if anyone has done it?

 

Treemotion - It is the training of trees into a sort of aerial hedge

[benhudson treeworks]

Basically, you clean the front and rear branches off the trees and then interweave the side branches together to create a kind of hedge ! They used to use it for fortification in acient times.Its a bit gay if you ask me - but the colleges have bottomless pots of money which I will gladly help them to spend......

[treejumper]

Go for it Ben

[benhudson treeworks]

Go for it Ben

 

Well, I'd like to but not sure if Im up to the task - might have to sub- in some of the 'proper' tree blokes !!!!

[b101uk]

wouldn’t it have been done a few years after pollarding?

[treejumper]

You're a proper tree bloke aren't you

[benhudson treeworks]

wouldn’t it have been done a few years after pollarding?

 

Yes you need to plan this well ahead - also the trees must be planted close together to weave the branches ! Its a bit of an old art -like hedge laying. I wondered how many of you had done some? there are a lot of blokes on here now - and some ladies too !

[benhudson treeworks]

You're a proper tree bloke aren't you

 

Among other things, yes. I get the feeling some people sre verging into 'anaoak' territory though.... lets leave it at that.