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25% pruning is way less than the pollarding I’ve seen around here.
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Actually, many serious gardeners only use the term pollard for removal of branches “the diameter of a fishing rod”. If you mention the kind of “Crape Murder” discussed here, gardeners freak. If you go to gardenweb, or many other garden forums and search “crape murder” you can see it first hand.
So, then, the trees near here that look like this actually are being incorrectly done?
[QUOTE=Pullet]
So, then, the trees near here that look like this actually are being incorrectly done?
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hehe. According to those more knowledgeable than myself, the only reason to cut a tree back like that is as a prelude to removal of the trunk.
[QUOTE=Pullet]
By wrong, I mean mismatching the intended purpose. Planting one of these poplars or an Italian cypress as a shade tree and then pollarding it is wrong.
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“Wrong” in what way? Morally? Who is being harmed? I don’t get your frame of reference.
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Especially when there are so many other choices [PDF link]
Matter of taste. Poplars have the nice flowers mentioned above. Maples are pretty in the fall. Oaks provide the most shade, but also attract squirrels, which can make pests of themselves.
Tulip poplars are not “true poplars.” I have seen my dad cut them back to head-high stumps, with no long-term ill effects. They grow very quickly.
[QUOTE=Pullet]
By wrong, I mean mismatching the intended purpose. Planting one of these poplars or an Italian cypress as a shade tree and then pollarding it is wrong.
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Those are not tulip poplars. That’s where your confusion lies. A mature tulip poplar can make a nice shade tree.
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Especially when there are so many other choices [PDF link]
Matter of taste. Tulip poplars have the nice flowers mentioned above. Maples are pretty in the fall. Oaks provide the most shade, but also attract squirrels, which can make pests of themselves.
Tulip poplars are not “true poplars.” I have seen my dad cut tulip poplars back to head-high stumps, with no long-term ill effects. They grow very quickly.
[QUOTE=Pullet]
By wrong, I mean mismatching the intended purpose. Planting one of these poplars or an Italian cypress as a shade tree and then pollarding it is wrong.
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You are envisioning the wrong tree. Those are not tulip poplars. A mature tulip poplar can make a nice shade tree. See?
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Especially when there are so many other choices [PDF link]
Matter of taste. Tulip poplars have the nice flowers mentioned above. Maples are pretty in the fall. Oaks provide the most shade, but also attract squirrels, which can make pests of themselves.
Tulip poplars are not “true poplars.” I have seen my dad cut tulip poplars back to head-high stumps, with no long-term ill effects. They grow very quickly.
Exactly** spoke-** , you just need to trim your posts ruthlessly, then they grow back
[QUOTE=Pullet]
Pullet = female chicken who has not started laying eggs yet (believe me, I’m sure of that one 
)
Capon = castrated male.
(what the hell am I telling you this for, Mangetout? You know this already :smack: )
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You know, I must have had a brain fart moment in which I forgot how to read usernames. I can’t explain this oversight. I only read the post content, then responded to it. :smack:
[QUOTE=NaturalBlondChap]
Exactly** spoke-** , you just need to trim your posts ruthlessly, then they grow back
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My posts sprout like poplars.
But they’re not nearly as pretty.
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ETA: What’s with the multiple use of the word Pollard? I’ve been told it also refers to a female chicken that is developing male characteristics, which apparently is a tangent on the reference to a Pollard being an animal that has lost its horns. Weird
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[QUOTE=spoke-]
My posts sprout like poplars.
But they’re not nearly as pretty.
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I swear there were 3 blank posts in a row prior to my post.
