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Hi, I have heard it said not to coppice ash, as it gives a greater chance of "letting Chalara F/dieback in". Does anyone know what the best advice is on this? I am currently restoring overstood ancient semi natural woodland mixed coppice in S Gloucestershire and in the light of this advice am not sure whether to let the ash stumps regenerate (which they are vigorously trying to do), or whether to kill them and let the new ash seedlings take over. Any comments gratefully received. Cheers
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Looking for wisdom! I am considering causing dieback to a trunk of a twin stemmed Oak. This is in preference to just cutting the stem off; as I want the tree to withdraw it's reserves in the stem, to benefit the rest of the tree before cutting the stem off. We will then transplant the rest of the tree (not with a Tree Spade but using a larger rootball). The stem is growing much faster than the main stem (it has been monitored for 5 years). The stem is around 20cm diameter and the main stem is 40cm diameter. If the stem was left in place, in time the union with the main stem will fail / be a cause for concern. What is the best way to achieve this? Ring barking but leaving a section of of bark (if so how much) ? Constricting the whole stem with a giant jubilee clip type of thing? Another way? Has anyone done or seen anything similar either undertaken on purpose, by accident or a weird natural event?
