Coppice Ash

[GreenGui]

As a follow up and to answer my own original question.

 

I decided to go a head and coppice 2 of my Ash trees at knee hight back in Feb.

I am pleased to report that the results are positive; whilst there is a bit of light re-growth lower down at the base the main strong 6 ft re-growth has developed from just below the coppice cut. I know this is only 2 of the 80 trees but based on what I have observed I am confident enough to adopt this method when I come to coppice the lot in a couple of years time rather than down at the base. Might go a tad higher in future in fact.

[peds]

Interesting thread, very helpful.

If anyone wants to give some more chatter about coppicing ash, I'm all ears.

[Paul in the woods]

On 30/07/2015 at 15:01, GreenGui said:

As a follow up and to answer my own original question.

It would be interesting to hear an update on your progress. Has the coppiced ash survived rabbit attack and ash dieback?

 

Some areas and possibly even some stock does seem more resistant than others. I also note that down here in Devon the rabbits in many areas have been hit dramatically by yet another disease and in places the numbers wiped out.

[Dan Maynard]

They are coppicing the ash high at maybe 3 foot in Hayley Wood near us, I believe as a defence against the deer browsing.