Re: Royal Paulownia

Agree that topping ornamental trees is stupid. But avocado growers top their trees because who can pick fruit that are 60 feet in the air and Florida orange groves [can't speak to California's] have machines that top their trees to uniform height for the same reason--makes picking easier and faster.

On Saturday, March 27, 2004, at 11:39 PM, Kitty wrote:

Ceres,
I couldn't tell from your post whether you thought topping and coppicing
were similar practices or that one just brought the other to mind.
Coppicing is cutting the shrub to ground level and stooling cuts generally
to 6-24 inches from the ground year to encourage lots of new growth.
(there is also pollarding, but I think people often use all 3 terms
interchangeably) Topping is a stupid practice done to trees, much higher
up. Why? Ignorance.

From International Society of Arboriculture:
Topping is perhaps the most harmful tree pruning practice known. Yet,
despite more than 25 years of literature and seminars explaining its harmful
effects, topping remains a common practice. This brochure explains why
topping is not an acceptable pruning technique and offers better
alternatives. See:
http://www.treesaregood.com/treecare/topping.asp

Kitty

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Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Royal Paulownia


In a message dated 3/27/04 8:12:49 PM, vldunn@widomaker.com writes:

<< I remember when just riding around

Baltimore that I observed row-house gardens that would have a single

"coppiced" tree in the backyard. >>

Verona, this made me think of the many trees I saw in the D.C. area which
I
guess you might say they were topped or at least severly pruned. Anyone
know 
why?  This is a forbidded practice in our area.
    Ceres

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