Elm or Wingnut

[Thesnarlingbadger]

Sorry about the MIA, been spinning plates all bloody week. Thank you Mick I think you have whacked the screw on the noggin.

 

 To be honest I’ve beaver come across one in my life.

 

 The next question is (and I’ve got a sneaking suspicion what the response may be) can you hack these trees back. The customer has asked if it can be pollarded. I have said I have no idea but will find out. The tree has been heavily topped in the past by a previous homeowner. But to me it would feel like a real shame to leave a rare (to my area) tree slapped back to stubs.

 

 Thank you. Always a useful wealth of wisdom. 

[Dan Maynard]

Maybe can't whack according to the book, but it's been done before so you need a plan to work with what you've got and keep customer happy.

 

I think I'd be looking to remove the biggest sprouts back to the pollard points, what's left reduce a bit to try to create a shape out of them. This is what I'm suggesting to a magnolia I've just quoted, which has been pollarded in the past and put on a mass of 6 and 8 foot upright sprouts, totally ruined the form really. It's that, whack back to a hat rack, totally leave, or remove.

[nepia]

Yes, you can whack them.  I removed one a few years back that the owner hated and so had pulled all new growth from annually; it never got the message

[Thesnarlingbadger]

Ahh thanks for the reply’s. 
 

 Yeah it’s been topped before. I will go with what customer wants but would be nice to try and leave half a shape in it if I can. Think the poles might have to come out for some of the lower limbs. 😳
 

 Cheers guys

[se7enthdevil]

On 10/02/2024 at 19:58, nepia said:

Stunning timber.  Any sensible turners would be drooling at the prospect of that.  Pity Steve isn't still here.

Or is he...?  @se7enthdevil

here sometimes mate.

i've got a bit of Pagoda arriving on tuesday hopefully.

 

get this stuff to any turners if it hasn't been done yet.

[nepia]

@Thesnarlingbadger