Ash Regrowth

[coppiceer]

Thankyou very much for the excellent replies.

 

I have cut the Ash at a variety of heights and with both flat and sloping stumps. Only a proportion of stumps exhibit this problem. I shall now go and check the heights of the affected stumps and see if I can spot a correlation. In any event I shall take the advice about keeping to a higher cut.

 

Very interesting point about covering the stumps with brush. I have already covered this years' stumps, but was wondering if it would have any adverse affect on the form of the regrowth. Granted that it couldn't be much worse than growing horizantally. I shall probably pile some more on now.

 

I find that reducing the regrowth to 2-3 dominant stems after a couple of years, results in these stems being about 4"-5"" at the base after 10 years.

 

Thanks again.

[Stereo]

10 years is workable. Not sure I'll be around in 20 the amount of stress HSBC are giving me at the mo!

 

I also wondered about the effect on regrowth of piling brash on the stumps. I guess where deer are prolific, it's the lesser of 2 evils. Not many deer around here though. I'm going to coppice some alder next week so might give it a go.

[Big Bolt]

the brash is not piled onto the stools, but to get best results stack it around like a teppee affect allowing the new shoots to be drawn upwards and protected for longer

[corylus]

Brash works for deer up to a point, but if you have bunnies it just gives em a good hiding place.

[Stereo]

I have noticed actually that any piles of brash left around the place usually have a rabbit hole under them within a month or 2.

 

We don't have deer here that much but have plenty of rabbits. Whats the best protection from them? I thought of some kind of circular guard made of weld mesh or similar and pegged into the ground around each stool.

[coppiceer]

the brash is not piled onto the stools, but to get best results stack it around like a teppee affect allowing the new shoots to be drawn upwards and protected for longer

 

Thanks for that; probably saved me another couple of years of experimentation. I pile about 3' - 4' of trimmings on top of my hazel stools without any problems, but I wondered if Ash was the same.