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Than why bother doing that to it at this point? Good value for the customer?

Probably just needs to be topped. Jk'ing. You could post a pic of it and get a whole bunch of advice.

I don't follow the logic? It's ok to top trees because worse things are happening? That kind of logic seems to be a slippery slope.

Yah? Then I lol at your comment too Ed. Good choice you made moving to biomass or whatever from arboriculture.

Ahhhhhhh! Not even close!!!! I can't help myself.

Lmao. I'm done ranting. For tonight!

You take a nice gorgeous tree a specimen of any species and indiscriminately cut it in about half or more or less, that is topping and in no way shape or form is considered a pollard.

Indiscriminate topping sucks and is brutal on trees. I get that some people do it for money. It still sucks for the tree and it boils my blood when I see a gorgeous tree destroyed.

I'll put it like this. If you made 'stubbing' cuts the size of a true pollard stub cut on a mature tree? You'd have a hell of a time trying to top it.

Like Jay said. To me sounds like the homeowner cut, often made upwards in a tree to about ladder height or so.

Just what I said. The indiscriminate anywhere on the branch smaller cut is what I'd call a stub. Or a shot in the dark.

I'd say you spoke to the initiation or planning of a pollard better than myself. True pollards are rare in my locale anyways. Topping and the crappy aftermath of a 'tree' that's left behind runs rampant though. I've cleaned up the mess years afterwards many many times.

A stub if I'm reading it right? Species and further butchering dependent it may throw suckers or dieback to the next lateral or main stem. A ugly unhealthy cut not likely to heal over easily or well.

The size of the initial cut. Again a pollard is started when the tree reaches the desired size/shape. One small cut is made, then every year or few many small cuts are made. Knuckles are formed. Topping is a big cut, when a tree is reduced to or past a lateral smaller than 2/3rd the diameter...

You musta missed my reply to your previous post. Topping and pollarding are not the same. Not even close.

Some topping that I've seen is a crime IMO. It'll never change if professionals keep indiscriminately topping because that's what the customer who usually knows squat about trees wants. I let customers know in as nice a way as possible that unless they have some sort of experience or education...

A pollard is started when the tree reaches the desired height/size. Topping is when you reduce back past a lateral 2/3rds the diameter of the stem being reduced. Topping is brutalizing a tree if there's no justifiable reason for it. Pol larding is a viable pruning/management options. Point...

For real? Knot eye.