Look at this.

[Harrison2604]

See, a reason for everything

 

 

Can't say I'm for it though ha ha

[White Noise]

 

Can't say I'm for it though ha ha

 

Aye it looks pretty pointless to me . Customer may have asked for that and the thing is you,ll never know ?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

 

Can't say I'm for it though ha ha

 

didnt you say you wanted to learn more about fungi?

 

get used to this type of tree work, as you get used to appreciating fungi youll seek these trees out.

 

when you understand the tree and its associated organisms youll learn to appreciate the pollard as one of the finest techniques in arb:thumbup:

[Harrison2604]

didnt you say you wanted to learn more about fungi?

 

get used to this type of tree work, as you get used to appreciating fungi youll seek these trees out.

 

when you understand the tree and its associated organisms youll learn to appreciate the pollard as one of the finest techniques in arb:thumbup:

 

Oh absolutely.

 

But I've never seen anything like this before and neither have the Arborists I know down here so this obviously isn't something widely known which should mean that this type of pollard doesn't have much, or any real need or value to the tree over the usual full pollards that we know? Soo, why was it used here? Thats if he was intending to do a 'giraffe pollard' and not some sort of reduction haha.

 

Theres also a young dryads saddle in the middle, can you see it?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Oh absolutely.

 

But I've never seen anything like this before and neither have the Arborists I know down here so this obviously isn't something widely known which should mean that this type of pollard doesn't have much, or any real need or value to the tree over the usual full pollards that we know? Soo, why was it used here? Thats if he was intending to do a 'giraffe pollard' and not some sort of reduction haha.

 

how long have you been in this business?

 

and did you not read monkies post?

[Harrison2604]

how long have you been in this business?

 

and did you not read monkies post?

 

2 years, I know... I'm still young, new and learning.

 

I have never seen or heard of this type of pollard, and neither have Arborists I know that have been in it for 10 - 20 years...I can't find any research on it either so I'm struggling to see a major reason for doing it

 

Yeah I read his post, but again... just because I and many others aren't aware, must mean it's not something you need to do? I was never taught about this teqhnique and as far as I'm aware they aren't teaching students this today as something which is important to do to encourage and support new growth

 

I'm not here to be big headed and think I know exactly what I'm talking about all of the time, I'm not like that... AT ALL! I love trees, I love the job I have and I wish to follow it through for as long as possible. I'm here to learn, thats what I signed up for mate and you along with many others are teaching me a hell of a lot & I appreciate and take in everything you all say

Edited April 14, 2011 by Harrison2604

[Mesterh]

Giraffe pollard eh.

 

As in "Giraffe to do that"?

Edited April 14, 2011 by Mesterh

[David oakman]

Have a read of the veteran tree management handbook by Helen Read it tells you all about sap risers in there it keeps the sap coming up to feed the new growth. Older trees take a real knock back when they have all the boughs taken off in one go:001_smile:

[Harrison2604]

Have a read of the veteran tree management handbook by Helen Read it tells you all about sap risers in there it keeps the sap coming up to feed the new growth. Older trees take a real knock back when they have all the boughs taken off in one go:001_smile:

 

Cheers mate, I'll have a look about for that now

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

2 years, I know... I'm still young, new and learning.

 

I have never seen or heard of this type of pollard, and neither have Arborists I know that have been in it for 10 - 20 years...I can't find any research on it either so I'm struggling to see a major reason for doing it

 

Yeah I read his post, but again... just because I and many others aren't aware, must mean it's not something you need to do? I was never taught about this teqhnique and as far as I'm aware they aren't teaching students this today as something which is important to do to encourage and support new growth

 

I'm not here to be big headed and think I know exactly what I'm talking about all of the time, I'm not like that... AT ALL! I love trees, I love the job I have and I wish to follow it through for as long as possible. I'm here to learn, thats what I signed up for mate and you along with many others are teaching me a hell of a lot & I appreciate and take in everything you all say

 

 

SHIGO has a lot to answer for, what you learn is based on his work, as are council TO recommendations.

 

The fact remains that the people who know most about trees revere the pollard. If you want to REALLY know trees, study the pollards of our great land.