Wills;ENTS; Here are a couple of links that do well to define and describe the differences in "pollarding" and "topping" trees.
http://www.passionfortrees.co.uk/html/pollard.html http://www.treesaregood.com/treecare/topping.aspx Pollarding can be considered the "lessor of the two evils" in regard to these hard pruning techniques. Some tree species can successfully endure pollarding. A good example of pollarding would be many of the larger crepe myrtle cultivars that are cut back annually to control height within the Southern US. These "small trees" are typically located in the wrong planting locations and are cut back annually to control size. Reputable tree care services will not top trees. Topping does a dis-service to the customer(s) through needlessly creating tree problems and accelerating mortality. Steve Springer Supervisor of Vegetation Management Sevier County Electric Systems ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Will Blozan Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 7:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ENTS] Re: Lovely neighbors Will, Basically, pollarding removes ANNUAL growth every year and as as such inflicts minimal damage to the tree as far as a wounding is concerned. Decay is minimized and aside from some stress associated with regrowing anew every year the trees do well and are known to live for centuries. Topped trees are nothing but decay pockets supporting long, vigorous shoots. Topped trees are often more dangerous after topping as the decay makes the new growth unstable. Will ________________________________ From: Will Fell <[email protected]> To: ENTSTrees <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 9:12:26 AM Subject: [ENTS] Re: Lovely neighbors Sorry....I should have used the word whacked, and no I didn't think you would do such a thing, but the power companies do it all the time. Just what is pollarding? I know it's done in Europe and I thought it designated any close pruning or topping of trees where all the branches where trimmed level or at the same length. Several of the trees in the center of the photo had branches appearing to ascend straight up from what I would assume was a prior close cropping of the crown. I think someone characterized it as the cactus look. On Oct 19, 8:02 pm, Will Blozan <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Will, > > Yes, they had been TOPPED before but not pollarded. Pollarding is vastly > different from topping. For the record, I did NOT do the topping- a practice > I have never done and will never do. > > Will2 > > ________________________________ > From: Will Fell <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > To: ENTSTrees <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 8:18:35 AM > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Lovely neighbors > > Evidently that's not the first time they have done that to their > trees. Look at the trees in the center and background, they appear to > have been pollarded before. > > On Oct 18, 10:31 pm, Bob <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > > > > > Will > > > You've got some odd neighbors. I look at the trees and feel their > > pain - and yours. > > > Bob > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 18, 2009, at 6:54 PM, Timothy Zelazo > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Will: > > > > They want cactus to look at, not trees. > > > > Tim > > > > On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Will Blozan > > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > Hey all, > > > > My return from Florida last week was met with this view of my 1920's > > > neighborhood, directly across the street from my house. The large, > > > mature trees I have known and pruned for the past twelve years have > > > been reduced to snags that are like fists clenched in direct insult > > > to all I have tried to do in my tree care business since 1998. The w > > > orst part is, they were clients of mine as recently as this spring. > > > > <image001.jpg> > > > > Will F. Blozan > > > > President, Eastern Native Tree Society > > > > President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
