A year on........

[David Humphries]

Came across this pretty brutal reduction/topping at Knebworth a year ago.

 

Decision was based I'd imagine on the presence of the Ganoderma brackets & relatively advanced basal decay versus the target of the church yard.

 

Here it is one year on.

 

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[Lorry thompson]

Wow it's doing well:)

[sean]

Certainly had a mad flush......i'm pretty certain that that it didnt need cleaning off completely though....a substantila height and lateral reduction would have done fine i'm sure.(leaving lots of live growth in the process.)

[RobRainford]

It looks like one of this false tree phone masts!

 

Surprised to see it come out so vigorous!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

It looks like one of this false tree phone masts!

 

Surprised to see it come out so vigorous!

 

why the surprise?

 

Oaks pollard so well:001_huh:

[RobRainford]

why the surprise?

 

Oaks pollard so well:001_huh:

 

I was unsure how well they pollard tbh. As it's not something I see a lot.

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

It looks ridiculous. But the tree surgeon has created a nice little recurring pruning job.

[sean freeman]

I don't think I would describe what was done as pollarding.

 

No question there should be substantial carbohydrate reserves to fuel the reshooting, would suspect it is a little early to determine what the next 10-30yrs might bring.

 

Resource allocation has been dramatically restructured along with the branch architecture!

[skyhuck]

I don't think I would describe what was done as pollarding.

 

 

I think most trees are "topped" in order to become pollards.

[sean freeman]

Yes I understand the arguement it is just that it seems to me most improbable that a 'pollard head' will be formed before the injury site becomes an occupied infection court.

 

I don't think you or anyone else here is arguing that this was an attempted pollard but I have come across such claims when cuttinglike this is questioned, I am not climbing on some high horse (at least I don't think I am) it is just that I am unimpressed by the weakness of such claims of deliberate pollard formation via lopping and topping.