Eucaylptus coppice?

[cerneARB]

Friend of mine has asked me to have a look at his Euc in his garden. he wants it reduced. Anyone done a coppice on one?

 

I know you can prune them back hard and they respond well, from what i read. but wanted to hear if anyone on here has done one.

 

Then il get a qualified Arb to do it! I cant, not trained yet..BUGGER!!!:cussing:No NPTC ticket!

 

YET!

[Andy Collins]

Euc USUALLY coppices ok, as you say they respond well to cutting back hard. Of course, this one will probably prove me wrong and die now

[skyhuck]

I would be very,very surprised if it died,I've topped plenty over the years,often for flower arrangers who want the small round "penny" leaves you get with the re-gen, I have never had one not come back.

[Mr. Bish]

I have done a few fairly severe reductions. Never coppiced one though. If you can reduce them by leaving some good healthy growth then they dont turn into bog brushes. If you just chop them then you should go back later to remove some of the new growth.

I have seen one that was severly hacked two years ago in a neighbours garden that I was working on. It was left with almost no growth and has stayed that way. It needs removing now. I think to be honest it depends on the variety of gum tree and the light conditiions it's in.

[Log-ologist]

Some do, some don't, ( they just die) I can't tell what will and what won't die. Smaller stems return better. E.gunnii is probably what you have there. Pretty hardy.

[cerneARB]

Cheers guys. im going around to have a look at it at the weekend, think he said it has been coppiced before , so it should be ok to do again. will keep you posted..btw..whens the right time to do it..Summer time?