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Out for a walk and came across this...I'm sure there's a good reason for it to have been done like this?
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julianthegypsy
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Never seen anything like that before!
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I would have thought that it would encourage rot but maybe there's a science at work?
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I think he is talking specifically about the steak-tenderising hammer effect at the ends of the cut limbs rather than the overall process.
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It keeps the tree at a manageable size and also stops the roots growing and breaking up the pavement. I've seen pollarding plenty of times, but never seen the ends sliced up like that. As @Pigeon_Droppings2 said, it would likely risk the tree getting infected with something. I'll be interested to hear what one of our knowledgeable members says!
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Its to create habbitat. Awful for the trees health but it will send out new shoots and probably life for another 20-50 years before it becomes a hazard. Those ends will rot out and be good for birds or bats and insects. Trees do not heal, they can only callous over a wound and hide it, often rotting out hollow in the middle.
An ecologists dream. I have not seen it before on a polard with a living tree before. Quite common for dead poles to be left up to rot out with carving.
An ecologists dream. I have not seen it before on a polard with a living tree before. Quite common for dead poles to be left up to rot out with carving.
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Cheers....I've never seen it before so to me it looked very odd. Makes sense I guess in these times.
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Doesnt make sense to me, not on a street tree above a path, next to a hedge that is obviously trimmed quite often. In a small wood or green space, yes.
The other two answers I can think of, arty b@llocks or a disgruntled climber. I note the left limb looks unfinished compared to the others.
The other two answers I can think of, arty b@llocks or a disgruntled climber. I note the left limb looks unfinished compared to the others.
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Because some desk jockey being paid a fortune by the council (and probably on a consultant basis as he/she will be related to a council member and in all probability equally a good friend or again related to the tree surgeon), decided to change the standard technique of pollarding (that has been used successfully for many years), in order to justify his existence.
It will of course cost more to cut like this - so the wheels go round and the whole little group wins.
If you really want to loose the will to live, phone the council and see if you can speak to someone who will tell you why ...
It will of course cost more to cut like this - so the wheels go round and the whole little group wins.
If you really want to loose the will to live, phone the council and see if you can speak to someone who will tell you why ...
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or look at Shefield where they just cut em all down....
outside my house in Stockport there was a huge rotten conker tree on public land that was def past it's best....always stuff falling in the road...
and very hollow.......
after I replaced the damaged drains at my cost, roots,I asked the council if they would remove it before someone gets hurt...
the department of funny walks sent an inspector who declared the tree safe......
Their letter along with my own to the local paper explaining the situation that if there is any damage to life or property......I will make sure the council will get sued....
as all the info was now in the public domain....
They are quite happy to quote public safety when it suits them.....
anyway within a week the tree was taken down....
outside my house in Stockport there was a huge rotten conker tree on public land that was def past it's best....always stuff falling in the road...
and very hollow.......
after I replaced the damaged drains at my cost, roots,I asked the council if they would remove it before someone gets hurt...
the department of funny walks sent an inspector who declared the tree safe......
Their letter along with my own to the local paper explaining the situation that if there is any damage to life or property......I will make sure the council will get sued....
as all the info was now in the public domain....
They are quite happy to quote public safety when it suits them.....
anyway within a week the tree was taken down....
Sounds above right - the whole system has degenerated to be accountable for nothing.
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There was a huge conker tree at the far end of my garden in our last house. Beautiful blossom all summer, and I made sure to include it in the photos when we decided to sell our house.
A week after we go on the market and there’s a guy out there chopping it down?!?
It’s just the other side of the fence, so not actually mine, but I went round to ask why. The lumberjack chucked me a piece of branch, it weighed nothing and was solid rot. He said the whole tree is like that inside, and he can’t believe it hadn’t fallen down already.
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Its amazing how healthy a tree in decline can look, the one below was in leaf.The lumberjack chucked me a piece of branch, it weighed nothing and was solid rot. He said the whole tree is like that inside, and he can’t believe it hadn’t fallen down already.
Coronet cuts/fracture pruning does not always mean the end for the tree, the epicormic growth on the OP`s snap will take over. I also doubt they would have carried out a big reduction like that and left a dead limb over a footpath.
Bob
