Chestnuts coppice extremely well. I have a 3 tree chestnut coppice that we have been alternately cutting as a coppice or pollards for 20 years. The trees themselves were a mistake, because I planted grocery store chestnuts and the variety turned out to be Colossal, which is pollen sterile. Most grocery store chestnuts are pollen sterile varieties, so a little research will save a long term headache. I have other chestnut trees in my yard now for pollination, so I'm finally getting nuts from the Colossals. I really want to remove the pollen sterile genetics from my yard so I can safely share seedlings in the future.
When you do clear cutting of Coppice it is usually on a larger scale. Because you can make many many different things from all the different size stems then whatever is cut is never wasted because there is a product it can used for. Being more selective like you are is very good for what you’re doing but if you were cutting commercially it would be more beneficial to cut it all. I hope this helps clear up any uncertainty as to why you would Coppice all the hazel over Coppicing what you need in the moment. Both are very good techniques and neither harm the tree, it’s great to see other techniques being used and what they are for!
I believe we coppiced a couple trees by accident. I don't know if it was the lawn mower or rabbits but we have cottonwood poplar trees that have multiple shoots coming from the ground and it's really cool.
I have a hazel in my “orchard” and I haven’t pruned it yet. I’ve been focusing on pruning the fairly neglected fruit trees. But I’ve been planning on coppicing the hazel. So this was super helpful. I won’t be wholesale cutting all at once, like you do. I’ll also be trying to root some cuttings too so I can make a hedgerow along one side of my yard. (The side I share with my permie neighbor 😁❤️) This was super helpful, thank you! I will be returning to watch again, and I would love to see the video on pollarding also.
Thank you for this video, it has given me a few more ideas. I have some goat willow, can I grow an arbor with that? I am brand new to all of this, but hoping to learn fast. All the best
I would love to know more about pollarding your mulberry tree - we coppiced ours recently and I’m worried we killed it because we haven’t seen new growth and it has been a few weeks since we did this. Thank you for the video!
FarmerDick thank you so much! That makes me feel so much better. We moved into our house a few years ago and the mulberry was already 30ish feet tall already and we have wanted to make it a manageable size for harvesting and finally went for it. We’ll just be patient!
@@jessicahorsfall8666 It's easier on most trees to be coppiced in winter. A multi stemmed coppice can handle summer cutting fine, but if you are making a big cut and not leaving adequate top growth to continue to feed the tree, it can be very hard on the tree.
THE MORE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS, THE BETTER. If y'all want to learn more, we have a video: A PASSION FOR POULTRY | A REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE STORY. Click on the channel icon to learn about the ethics of this new farming and our odd methods (yes, we fast our birds!) Again, a wonderful video! Cheers!
Coppicing hazelnut trees for garden poles and hot burning firewood... Nice. Are there certain fruit trees that would create a better fruit harvest from coppicing?
Can you coppice any tree? I have a pecan tree that started to put out buds this spring, then died in a cold snap. I thought it was totally dead, but shoots began to grow up from the bottom 2 feet of the original trunk. I was considering cutting off the dead part of the original trunk and training one of these new stems to be the new trunk. But maybe it would be just as good to let it grow in a more bush-like growth? Maybe easier to harvest the pecans?
I have never heard of coppice, I wanted to ask you, can we coppice any tree or specific trees, asking because I have an orchid tree that is huge and trim her up until September then she blooms all through the fall and winter with amazing purple flowers, thank you for sharing all this amazing info on your channel it is much appreciated :0)
by accident I was clearing out some real pathetic black walnut trees and it shot up 3 really vibrant shoots the next year. Now whenever I have a weak Walnut tree, I coppice it as I get more in return.
Chestnuts coppice extremely well. I have a 3 tree chestnut coppice that we have been alternately cutting as a coppice or pollards for 20 years. The trees themselves were a mistake, because I planted grocery store chestnuts and the variety turned out to be Colossal, which is pollen sterile. Most grocery store chestnuts are pollen sterile varieties, so a little research will save a long term headache. I have other chestnut trees in my yard now for pollination, so I'm finally getting nuts from the Colossals. I really want to remove the pollen sterile genetics from my yard so I can safely share seedlings in the future.
When you do clear cutting of Coppice it is usually on a larger scale. Because you can make many many different things from all the different size stems then whatever is cut is never wasted because there is a product it can used for.
Being more selective like you are is very good for what you’re doing but if you were cutting commercially it would be more beneficial to cut it all.
I hope this helps clear up any uncertainty as to why you would Coppice all the hazel over Coppicing what you need in the moment. Both are very good techniques and neither harm the tree, it’s great to see other techniques being used and what they are for!
I believe we coppiced a couple trees by accident. I don't know if it was the lawn mower or rabbits but we have cottonwood poplar trees that have multiple shoots coming from the ground and it's really cool.
I have a hazel in my “orchard” and I haven’t pruned it yet. I’ve been focusing on pruning the fairly neglected fruit trees. But I’ve been planning on coppicing the hazel. So this was super helpful. I won’t be wholesale cutting all at once, like you do. I’ll also be trying to root some cuttings too so I can make a hedgerow along one side of my yard. (The side I share with my permie neighbor 😁❤️)
This was super helpful, thank you! I will be returning to watch again, and I would love to see the video on pollarding also.
How do you do you cuttings? I need a hedge to.
Have you made the mulberry pollarding video yet? Am very interested in that.
Thank you for this video, it has given me a few more ideas. I have some goat willow, can I grow an arbor with that? I am brand new to all of this, but hoping to learn fast. All the best
Very informative thank you!!
I would love to know more about pollarding your mulberry tree - we coppiced ours recently and I’m worried we killed it because we haven’t seen new growth and it has been a few weeks since we did this. Thank you for the video!
Our mulberries have always grown back, even after severe coppicing. I'll bet yours do to! Mulberries are survivors.
FarmerDick thank you so much! That makes me feel so much better. We moved into our house a few years ago and the mulberry was already 30ish feet tall already and we have wanted to make it a manageable size for harvesting and finally went for it. We’ll just be patient!
@@jessicahorsfall8666 It's easier on most trees to be coppiced in winter. A multi stemmed coppice can handle summer cutting fine, but if you are making a big cut and not leaving adequate top growth to continue to feed the tree, it can be very hard on the tree.
THE MORE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS, THE BETTER. If y'all want to learn more, we have a video: A PASSION FOR POULTRY | A REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE STORY. Click on the channel icon to learn about the ethics of this new farming and our odd methods (yes, we fast our birds!) Again, a wonderful video! Cheers!
Coppicing hazelnut trees for garden poles and hot burning firewood... Nice. Are there certain fruit trees that would create a better fruit harvest from coppicing?
Can you coppice any tree? I have a pecan tree that started to put out buds this spring, then died in a cold snap. I thought it was totally dead, but shoots began to grow up from the bottom 2 feet of the original trunk. I was considering cutting off the dead part of the original trunk and training one of these new stems to be the new trunk. But maybe it would be just as good to let it grow in a more bush-like growth? Maybe easier to harvest the pecans?
Can u coppice lilac bushes?
I have never heard of coppice, I wanted to ask you, can we coppice any tree or specific trees, asking because I have an orchid tree that is huge and trim her up until September then she blooms all through the fall and winter with amazing purple flowers, thank you for sharing all this amazing info on your channel it is much appreciated :0)
Did anybody try to coppice a walnut tree?
by accident I was clearing out some real pathetic black walnut trees and it shot up 3 really vibrant shoots the next year. Now whenever I have a weak Walnut tree, I coppice it as I get more in return.
That woman’s garden looks like a jungle.