Ideas on what do with coppiced willow

[spandit]

On 16/01/2024 at 19:28, Steven P said:

In this case if the OP wants to go that way probably better to hire it in for a day once every couple of years

If you could find someone who hires these I'd be very interested

[lux]

On 16/01/2024 at 21:14, Stere said:

Looks like poor grade of material for weaving rods from the pics, the wrong variety of willow perhaps or plant spacing & coppice age etc

 

Needs to be more uniform like this pic

 

I wasn’t referring to basket weaving. I was referring to hurdles / fences.  This is cut willow going for fencing. 

[Steven P]

1 hour ago, spandit said:

If you could find someone who hires these I'd be very interested

 

You might need to hire man and machine - local tree surgeons and so on who have them

[dan blocker]

6 hours ago, lux said:

I wasn’t referring to basket weaving. I was referring to hurdles / fences.  This is cut willow going for fencing. 

That looks more like Hazel than willow🤔

[dan blocker]

Willow isn’t very good for woven fencing panels as it rots very quickly?

[Stubby]

1 hour ago, dan blocker said:

That looks more like Hazel than willow🤔

Swot I thought ...

[Steven P]

However will a fence rot quick enough to be useless by the next round of coppicing or will it just be bad enough to look a bit rubbish be then. My thought when I suggested it is that some of the willow might take in the fence and become more hedge like

[dan blocker]

I’m talking about the use of willow for something like this. It rots too quickly. Hazel or cleft sweet chestnut is the best.
Willow can be put into the ground when freshly cut and chances are it’ll grow - especially if ground is damp. Can we woven in to a living hedge. Willow stakes alone with panels or faggots can be used to minimise bank erosion along rivers and around ponds/ lakes but the problem is if not managed will soon turn into unmanageable trees? I’ve also seen freshly cut lengths planted in two rows a couple of metres apart in gardens and bent over and woven to form a tunnel arch feature.