sycamore pollard

[Ben Ballard]

This sycamore split apart at the fork losing 3 main stems last week in the wind , it was totaly rotted by polyporus squamosus and full of water so i got the last stem down should make a good feature in the wilderness garden it in. had to put the winch on it as had a heavy lean over a cherry and some new plantings. had a weak fork at the best place to pull it so used a big strop to go round both stems ,The ash in the background we are hoping to do some work on with tony to save over the next year its base is been decayed by perreniporia fraxinea,and also pholiota squarrosa.

 

 

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

nice one ben, top flipping draw!

[born2trot]

Thats gonna look amazing ... possibly when were all long gone !!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Thats gonna look amazing ... possibly when were all long gone !!

 

 

before were all gone, give it 20 years and it will be a corking pollard:thumbup1:

[Ben Ballard]

glad you like it i lookin forward to see how it develops i removed the ivy and left the epicormic:001_smile:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

glad you like it i lookin forward to see how it develops i removed the ivy and left the epicormic:001_smile: