Pollarding a Veteran

[MAX]

evening! has anyone work with veterans?

i looked at a VERY very old, healthy oak pollard with historical importance to be re-pollarded. The re-growth is really old it's self.

 

Whats right,

 

Pollard in one hit

 

Pollard in stage

 

thanks

[MAX]

should have taken photo. Typical old knarlie looking type though!

[sean]

should have taken photo. Typical old knarlie looking type though!

 

 

]Photo's will be good......Does it definately need pollarding? Or can it not just be reduced. If its as old as you make out then pollard should be done in stages for sure....and even that could be risky to the trees health

 

More info on tree, location, health of tree and photo's will definately help

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Is there internal growth and has the wood started to embrittle within the crown? or does it feel young and vibrant, flexible and supple?

[MattyF]

Photos would help..and its probably not a good time of year to pollard an oak imo.

[MAX]

yeah it's getting too heavy for its old legs so pollarding would be just the ticket imo. has internal growth, looks supple, just don't know whether to do it in one go, never done a veteran before.

[Graham]

I worked on the Lydham oak in the mid-eighties and started the process with a light reduction on some of the heavier limbs. Re-pollarding this tree would have ended in tears I think. Unfortunately the old owner died so I don't know if any more work was carried out.

 

Lost my pics of the tree. This one must date from the forties I guess. The girth of her now is about 41'.

 

[combined tree services]

some pictures would be great ,, why do you feel that Re-pollarding is required?? is it that the trees location and targets require it to be reduced / pollarded ???? personally if i could fence the area off i would leave the tree naturally grow down , this was something i learnt jrom Jack Kenyon and Ted Green whilst at merrist wood , from Teds reserch with other experts he had be able to prove that vetran oaks are more likely to go on for much longer without the intervention of us tree surgeons

[alliaria]

Hi,

Definitely not a good time to do any work on veterans, consider waiting until jan, Feb. next year. Do nothing if possible, but if you must prune, prune in stages. Oaks respond fairly well as veterans.

Just a few thoughts.

[sean]

evening! has anyone work with veterans?

i looked at a VERY very old, healthy oak pollard with historical importance to be re-pollarded. The re-growth is really old it's self.

 

Whats right,

 

Pollard in one hit

 

Pollard in stage

 

thanks

 

Whatever happens.....given the points highlighted above I think you should get somebody with more experience than yourself to have a good look at this tree.....in order to work out a management programme for it.