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Great Photos Stig. Pollarding and topping are two different things. But both essentially 'damage the tree to the same extent, so its hard to describe topping as being harmful. Here's a very bad example of topping -

You could be quite correct - I also think its very species dependant.

'a hole' market? asshole market? market in holes? maybe a whole market? Hey TreeVet, I've been to Cincinatty once. You ever been beyond the US? Old wives tales eh? Thing is, there are french books on correct pruning techniques and decay paterns from the 1800's. Its something we do know about. I...

Dont always believe everything I say ;) Why tell a boring a truth when you can make up an exciting lie? :)

Sorry TreeVet, but your bullshit protector is stopping any different opinions entering your brain. Keep up with the Shigo worship dude.

And pruning that is 'beneficial' to the tree may be detrimental to the wider ecosystem.

Mechanics and doctors are bad examples. You see, tree 'health' is how we percieve it. Yet 'topping' a tree has very little adverse effects in the long term. Sure, it can create a vector for pathogenic attack, but so can a 101 other things in a perfectly tree. Over here, some of our oldest...

what if I dont feel bad about it? maybe I'm a tree psychopath.

How do you define someone who is highly qualified at treework, 20 years experienced, and understands the biomechanics and the microbiology of trees, their growth and repair mechanisms - and happily tops them? You see, I dont give a damn about topping a tree. I really dont. Guess that makes me a...

I'm a hack. :) I suspect that a bit like the term 'Fascist', its meaning is variable, and it depends on who's doing the name calling.