Tree Pollarding
Pollarding is an old tree surgery technique that has been around since medieval times. Pollarding trees can be a good idea if you live in Nottingham and want to maintain your trees for as long as possible. Home County Tree Surgeons are experts at pollarding and will be able to advise you on whether it’s appropriate for your tree or not.
What is pollarding?
Pollarding is the process of cutting the branches of a tree off to stop them from reaching maturity and becoming too heavy for that branch. The best time to pollard is in winter when the trees are dormant (this means there will be less sap). Home County Tree Surgeons use an experienced team with power tools who can perform this work quickly without causing lasting damage to the tree.
Benefits of pollarding
Pollarded trees look very attractive, especially if you choose one with leaves or blossoms on them, so you get lots of colour throughout spring and summer! You don’t need as much space as you do for fully grown mature trees either-perfect for smaller gardens where there isn’t enough room. It’s also a great value compared to hiring a professional company every year to just come cut the tree down! Home County Tree Surgeons can pollard your trees to the highest standard, helping them stay healthy and look beautiful for years.
When is pollarding not advised?
Pollarding isn’t always suitable for certain types of trees due to their growth habits. If you have a fruit or nut-bearing tree that will grow too tall, then it’s better left alone-just come cut it down as normal every few years so there aren’t any problems with fruiting later on. Pollarding won’t do much good at all if you’ve got a small plant like an olive either; this type of tree needs more space than what pollarding would provide to thrive properly.
The process we use for pollarding
The first stage in the process of pollarding is the removal of branches that are too high. Home County Tree Surgeons will remove these higher branches, leaving some lower ones intact to encourage growth. When left alone, xylem cells in a tree’s trunk transport nutrients and water upwards from its roots, but pollarding forces those same cells downwards instead-resulting in stronger plant stems with less chance of disease or fungal issues developing.