Eucalyptus Tree dying off after pollarding??

[Julie123]

A year January I had my huge beautiful Eucalyptus tree reduced due to being to close to house. 

Sadly, it seems to be dying off.

I may have made a mistake in allowing it to have such a harsh reduction..

Anyone hopeful that it may recover this year ? 

Many thanks! 

[Dan Maynard]

I've seen a few sprouting from low down, seems to make sense that the frost damage didn't get to the roots.

[Botty Cough]

Burn it and plant monkey puzzle 😁

[naturarbo]

Dealing with lots of them, my experience is you can't kill eucs without poison or pulling root ball out.

Fire reborns some eucs.

[AHPP]

2 minutes ago, naturarbo said:

 

Fire reborns some eucs.

 

That's a good point and an interesting idea. 

Edited March 10 by AHPP

[sime42]

I think fire is an integral part of the lifecycle for some eucalyptus.

Might be worth building a bonfire around what's left of that tree to see if that kicks it back into life.

[nepia]

I've never heard of fire applied to a tree as being part of Euc lifecycle (doesn't mean it doesn't happen) but certainly some species need fire to open their seed capsules - gum nuts - to release the seed within

[openspaceman]

59 minutes ago, nepia said:

I've never heard of fire applied to a tree as being part of Euc lifecycle (doesn't mean it doesn't happen) but certainly some species need fire to open their seed capsules - gum nuts - to release the seed within

I was told the fire related strategy was to do with the seedling establishing a root system such that the shoot could be killed off by wildfire which flashed through but the root would survive and this may happen a number of times, the root becoming better established each time. Until finally it could send up a shoot high enough to be above the flames with the stem protected by the bark.

 

This was supposed to explain the poor stability of gum trees planted here when the stem grew away quicker than the root, meaning it was poorly anchored. The chap that told me this said his method was to coppice the tree for a few times before selecting a stem to grow on.

[naturarbo]

Around here we have mostly Eucaliptus globulus and they love fire.

[Stere]

Interesting:

 

Understanding fuzzy trees — Life in a Southern Forest

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Three months on, the epicormic growth is astonishing. I seek to learn more, even as I marvel at a sight I may not see again for...

 

[Ty Korrigan]

Hello,

 That is quite awful.

Did these guys leave a flyer and if so, does it mention "magnolias a speciality" and something about "Winter washes"...?

  Stuart