speach less!

[Joe Loggs]

These are street trees, limes that have been put there in the anticipation of a regular hiding, high pollard, low pollard call it what you like they needed trimming, pruning or reducing, because they were getting too big for their environment. "Light formative prune" really won't cut it on these, plus it is as easy to do this as mucking around taking off a few feet with a silky, they look a bit rubbish now but by the end of summer they will have thrown out stacks of growth. "oh but it will have to been done again in a few years!" well yeah so what? that's part of our our job

Imho many people are blind to the fact that treating limes, willows, poplars etc in the same way as walnuts, oaks, and beech is like a Vet treating dogs and cows the same. Oaks and Poplars for example are very different, to reduce them both to a similar spec is daft.

Don't want a war, just saying.

 

Well said.👍

[born2trot]

This is not pollarding .. Its severe topping which is apparentely bad for all trees ??

[Marc]

These are street trees, limes that have been put there in the anticipation of a regular hiding, high pollard, low pollard call it what you like they needed trimming, pruning or reducing, because they were getting too big for their environment. "Light formative prune" really won't cut it on these, plus it is as easy to do this as mucking around taking off a few feet with a silky, they look a bit rubbish now but by the end of summer they will have thrown out stacks of growth. "oh but it will have to been done again in a few years!" well yeah so what? that's part of our our job

Imho many people are blind to the fact that treating limes, willows, poplars etc in the same way as walnuts, oaks, and beech is like a Vet treating dogs and cows the same. Oaks and Poplars for example are very different, to reduce them both to a similar spec is daft.

Don't want a war, just saying.

 

I understand where your coming from, but unfortunately I do not think this is now best modern practice, there is a time and place for harsh works but this did not look like one, a much more aesthetic job could of been done to achieve same result but create a better future frame work to prune to and retain important canopy cover.

It's bad work plain and simple.

 

And why is it daft to reduce populars like oaks? Just because pops responds well to a thrashing does not mean its the best thing to do

[son of a birch]

This is not pollarding .. Its severe topping which is apparentely bad for all trees ??

 

Trees such as willows, limes, poplars etc respond vigorously to hard cutting like this, though other species would not fare so well.

 

But yes, it is topping.

 

I'd rather have this than a full removal though! There will probably be some interesting habitat pockets/ decay formation etc as a result of the work, and as long as the trees are continuously managed (re-cut) they will live on for a while yet

Edited April 25, 2012 by son of a birch

[born2trot]

Trees such as willows, limes, poplars etc respond vigorously to hard cutting like this, though other species would not fare so well.

 

I know they do... but as Marc said does this mean its right to perform such acts on them ??

The actions here have ruined a beautiful and truely special landmark imo

[likeitorlumpit]

They do look ****

Take a pic in 5years time and republish this thread

[son of a birch]

As someone said earlier, the trees look like they have been cut in a similar way before.

 

Maybe the work was out of necessity, as the regrowth was getting too big/ unstable?

 

Or, judging by the amount of epicormics on them, maybe they were just trying to make a really big lime hedge!

[Le Sanglier]

I understand where your coming from, but unfortunately I do not think this is now best modern practice, there is a time and place for harsh works but this did not look like one, a much more aesthetic job could of been done to achieve same result but create a better future frame work to prune to and retain important canopy cover.

It's bad work plain and simple.

 

And why is it daft to reduce populars like oaks? Just because pops responds well to a thrashing does not mean its the best thing to do

 

 

 

If the intention is to render a tree more suitable to its location ( usually meaning make it smaller, intentional avoidance there of words like topping, reduction etc)Then a Poplar, given a severe muppeting will be back to full leaf cover, and pleasing to the eye within months, if not weeks so why pretend it"s a veteran Oak in need of careful tickling to ensure its not an offence to the eye for a decade or ruin the future health of the tree.

Tickle a Pop like that and your back to square one within one growing season. That's why it's daft (imo)

[Marc]

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If the intention is to render a tree more suitable to its location ( usually meaning make it smaller, intentional avoidance there of words like topping, reduction etc)Then a Poplar, given a severe muppeting will be back to full leaf cover, and pleasing to the eye within months, if not weeks so why pretend it"s a veteran Oak in need of careful tickling to ensure its not an offence to the eye for a decade or ruin the future health of the tree.

Tickle a Pop like that and your back to square one within one growing season. That's why it's daft (imo)

 

Those trees will now always be an eyesore, think of the winter architecture and all that jazz, it has ruined what was a nice avenue.

I doubt in a season these will become nice trees again.

 

And tickling populars is my speciality and even after 4 seasons they are still under control and need a few more seasons before a re prune maintaining a 5-8 pruning cycle, these populars have retained there character and form and still an asset to the environment they are in.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Street trees get tonked, end of, its the way its done, budgets and realities and restrictions all play their part.

 

Most of the guys on this forum couldnt get the volume of work done these firms do for the money, its a different game.