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! 

[Trailoftears]

They remind me of my Spike Milligan legs tbh 😏

[Dan Maynard]

On 22/03/2024 at 16:41, Stere said:

Lime Whitewash though not a  gloss emulsion from screwfix.

Don't make a lot of difference, it's dead.

[judastreefairy]

On 21/03/2024 at 11:53, sime42 said:

Good point, what is the theory behind painting the lower portion of tree trunks white? I keep meaning to raise the question on here. It's a definite continental thing, I've seen it all over Europe, more so in Central and Eastern Europe and round the med. Also in China.

I've seen a couple of reasons;- to protect the trees from sun and insect damage. Don't really buy either of those though.

 

What's going on?

 

Wannabe jacque montii’s

[Trailoftears]

I've done a few e.gunnii's to that extent over the years,usually for owners who are ambivalent whether it lives or dies.They usually want it done because A:its too big

B:I have to keep sweeping its dead leaves up...

In theory,if done in early April with ideally some basal growth present-it shouldnt be a drama and I'd expect it to regrow well enough.Still,when you do radical reductions like this there are no guarantees.Look at last spring,zero rain for 63 days from the 5th of April on-again no guarantees/the future cant be seen etc.It does strike me the original untouched tree looks a tad seedy,but its hard to be sure from 1 piccy odd.A lot of stripling eucs gave up last spring due to a week of wicked east winds pre xmas followed by a week of -8 temps just for a week shortly after.The leaf canopy went completely silver even before the frost period.Some made an attempt to re-sprout from the youngish main trunks-then 60 odd dry days  followed-game over...

[Trailoftears]

And slightly off topic if I was asked to take say,a foot off the side of an evergreen hedge and maybe a foot off the top of it too -I'd do it NOW,but due to the regs/advice you would have to do it a month earlier which means you are increasing the odds against radical re-working being successful-not moaning,but the odds get worse-we all remember the beast from the East I'm sure-and that was roughly now date-wise I think.