Re: Stooling
- Subject: Re: Stooling
- From: G* O*
- Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 07:09:27 -0400
Excellent post, Claire! Just full of information. So stooling is similar
to/the same as coppicing, then? Or is there a technical difference?
Gerry
At 12:07 AM 8/3/01 EDT, you wrote:
>
>Stooling is a pruning technique used for various purposes. You raise a
shrub
>to a reasonably healthy state and while still young you cut off the entire
>shrub to just above the ground. Spring is the time here as we never know
what
>is alive until we see a few swelling buds. If you can do it in the fall in
>warmer places someone else will have to contribute that information.
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