cherry tree reduction

[briscoe]

Do you think this cherry has been pollarded before . Went to do a small reduction and one of the stems gave way with not much force on so weakly attached. Was thinking it might have once been pollarded back to near tge trunk. Large boll from where leaders are growing. Pics attached.

[Mick Dempsey]

Maybe, probably, does it matter?

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

Do you think this cherry has been pollarded before . Went to do a small reduction and one of the stems gave way with not much force on so weakly attached. Was thinking it might have once been pollarded back to near tge trunk. Large boll from where leaders are growing. Pics attached.

 

Yep, I do.

 

And (Mr Dempsey...I hope you're well) it does matter both in terms of checking if you need to change the advise / prescription of works AND your method of access may need to change to.

 

I would still stick with a crown reduction, to reduce the likelihood of future break outs, but ideally do it from ground level with long-handled pruners (can't wait to hear what Mick thinks of that )

 

Cheers..

Paul

[treesrus]

more likely it's grafted and possibly severed just above the graft leading to multiple regen..

[Mick Dempsey]

Yep, I do.

 

And (Mr Dempsey...I hope you're well) it does matter both in terms of checking if you need to change the advise / prescription of works AND your method of access may need to change to.

 

I would still stick with a crown reduction, to reduce the likelihood of future break outs, but ideally do it from ground level with long-handled pruners (can't wait to hear what Mick thinks of that )

 

Cheers..

Paul

 

No, quite agree I wasn't suggesting a repollard.

A ladder tied in for the high pieces is another tip.

If they want it reduced reduce it, it's surely too small to get into issues about tieing into regrowth etc.

 

I reckon it's a purple plum, difficult to reduce, water shoots everywhere, branches that give up the ghost even when taken back to reasonable growth points. This one is well past its best.

Edited June 23, 2016 by Mick Dempsey

[briscoe]

I was going to do a 20 percent reduction but involved climbing into it and after one if the stems broke very easily will have to be done off ladder with pruners. However I was interested in whether it could survive a pollard or perhaps being cropped back to a framework say 2ft stems ?