stoggling

[Homegrown]

Well Steve so I have been told it's when you clear the surface area underneath the tree canopy ie scrub etc ???

Don't know stoggling but I thought halo was the BTCV term for a heavy crown thinning, i.e. remove all competing stems to give a free crown of an oak tree, typically used where coppice with standards has reverted to a full canopy.

[Paul Melarange]

You are right that 'Haloing' or 'Halo release' is the removal of competition from around a veteran or ancient tree. This can involve thinning the competition rather than removing it entirely. For example you might be asked to thin trees within 15m of the veteran tree by 30%. The reason for this would be to not open the tree up too quickly, which could result in sun scorch or loss of bryophytes etc. It's a method which is often used to manage trees on PAWs (previously ancient woodland sites) where the veteran or ancient tree has been suppressed by conifers.

 

As for 'Stoggling', Its certainly not a term that I've come across before! I'll check the glossaries of Drs Helen Read and David Lonsdale's books later, just to check that I've not missed something.

[humpo48]

Below I have cut and pasted from the specification for the quote.

 

 

 

To thin around veteran trees and stoggles. To restoggle(!) some stoggles where they are threatened by the weight or angle of the stems coming from them. One stoggle may need a low level climb as it hangs out over a bank.

[Treewolf]

Have a look hear (if the link works) towards teh bottom of the page that is displayed, might provide you with an answer re. stoggles:-

 

Trees, Woods and Forests: A Social and Cultural History - Charles Watkins - Google Books

 

Seems to be an old term for pollard.

[andy perkins]

Have been asked to quote for some Halo thinning and stoggling to some verteran trees. Only problem is what the heck is 'stoggling'??? Have not come across this term before. No way I am going to ask the client. Please help and save my embarrassment please.

 

i had a bloke ask me to poggle a tree but after a chat he wanted it pollarded

[silky fox]

There is a place called "Stoggle Oak".

[sloth]

New one on me, seems to be a local term for low pollards. See hear:

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/mendips/more_info/east_mendip_sites_biodiversity.htm

 

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[daltontrees]

I am just speculating but it sounds like it is a noun used as a verb rather than the other way around. It may therefore just be an old word for stool, which is basically the bit of the original stem from which coppice stems are allowed to grow.

[humpo48]

New one on me, seems to be a local term for low pollards. See hear:

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/mendips/more_info/east_mendip_sites_biodiversity.htm

 

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Thanks Sloth!!! Well there you go!! That's it!!! Been living round here all my life (Somerset) and I have never heard of that. Thanks you did better than me looking what it meant. The power of Arb Talk big thanks to all who replied.

[Anno]

tell him you'll get round to it but will need a Frugel Spoon and a Bison Wrench...