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I have a small Alder I'd like to raise the canopy on as it has multiple stems that all come from the base. Hard to get clear photos but you hopefully get the idea from the photos.
I'd like to remove these and be left with the one main leader but given they're right at the base, as opposed to higher up the leader like most trees with co-dominant stems, should I be concerned with doing this? I feel like it might be hard to get a clean cut in the right place.
I'd like to remove these and be left with the one main leader but given they're right at the base, as opposed to higher up the leader like most trees with co-dominant stems, should I be concerned with doing this? I feel like it might be hard to get a clean cut in the right place.
Oh yeah I'm good for equipment, it's just hard to tell without getting on my hands and knees (not happening today!) whether enough of these stems are exposed to get a clean cut back to a collar or whether it would end up having to be a less than ideal cut.
Edited by Patrick Bateman on Saturday 17th January 14:51
Cutting that low down is effectively coppicing - it's response will be to send up a load of new growth from the base. Not an issue as long as you keep on top of it if you don't want it.
I wouldn't worry too much about clean cuts, what's left will recover very quickly. If you watch a traditional hedge laying video you will see how brutal the cutting is yet they always bounce back. You are doing the job at exactly the right time of year, too.
However, please note I am not a tree surgeon so feel free to ignore me.
I wouldn't worry too much about clean cuts, what's left will recover very quickly. If you watch a traditional hedge laying video you will see how brutal the cutting is yet they always bounce back. You are doing the job at exactly the right time of year, too.
However, please note I am not a tree surgeon so feel free to ignore me.
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