| By pollarding it we hope to prolong the life of the tree, giving us time to plant and grow replacement trees nearby. |
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| The height of pollarding depends on the objective and the system within which it is being used. |
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| The cessation of pollarding 200 years ago means that the branches on the trees are very large and heavy and the trees are very unstable. |
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| It is dominated by veteran hornbeams – there are estimated to be 12,000 of them – distorted in shape by pollarding or pruning. |
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| Pruning is also done to stimulate new, vigorous growth, with pollarding and coppicing as extreme examples. |
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| The vineyard is ploughed all along the vegetative phase without any pollarding. |
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| He mentions a magnificent beech tree in Ashdown forest, close to where he lives in Sussex, which needed pollarding. |
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| Fire reduces yields of gum and kills off established trees, whilst overgrazing in the forms of browsing or pollarding has a similar effect but seldom causes tree death. |
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| The techniques of coppicing, shredding and pollarding can be found across Europe but with many variations in the exact methods, shape of the tree and frequency of occurrence. |
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| The people practice shifting cultivation, pollarding the forest trees and planting the staple, finger millet, in the ash derived from burning the branches. |
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| It transpires that the Kitson character is a local houseowner who initially staged a tree-squat in protest against the council's policy of pollarding. |
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| In the 1990s, its girth was recorded at 7.4 metres and growing – despite its wood having been harvested over hundreds of years using the ancient system of pollarding. |
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| If the resprouts are to be used for firewood, for examples, and animals are grazed in the area, it is necessary that the pollarding be done at such a height that the branches are not browsed. |
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| The willow was harvested using a traditional method of pollarding, where a tree would be cut back to the main stem. |
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| An incidental effect of pollarding in woodland is the encouragement of underbrush growth due to increased levels of light reaching the woodland floor. |
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| Although people who came to the United States from Europe continued the practice, in the 21st century, experts believe pollarding older trees harms the tree. |
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| Pollarding and topiary are extreme examples of pruning to create a desired, unnatural effect. |
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| Pollarding involves cutting the tree back severely to a few ugly stobs. |
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| Pollarding is a pruning system in which the upper branches of a tree are removed, promoting a dense head of foliage and branches. |
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| Pollarding is also used in urban forestry in certain areas for reasons such as tree size management, safety, and health concerns. |
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| Pollarding has now largely replaced polling as the verb in the forestry sense. |
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| Pollarding began with walled cities in Europe which did not have room for large trees. |
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| Pollarding is a similar process carried out at a higher level on the tree. |
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