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Re: Ash coppice

Subject: Re: Ash coppice
From: Adam Hollis
Date: Oct 06 2005 09:37:26 
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On 4 Oct 2005, at 21:26, uktc-request@xxxxxx.tree-care.info wrote:


Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 07:13:51 +0900
From: "Dan" <dlucas@xxxx.com>
Subject: RE: Ash coppice
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TEP&Arb.Asoc. SEMINAR III & IV of SERIES
LIFE WITHIN & BENEATH THE TREE - 17th&18th Nov., Keele Conference
Park.
Dr David Lonsdale, Dr Olaf Ribeiro, Dr Alan Rayner,Dr James
Merryweather 
WIND LOAD SIMULATION & TREE STATICS
Pollok Park-Glasgow, 1st&2nd Dec. Ashton Court-Bristol, 5th&6th Dec.
Dr Jaroslav Kolarik & Prof Petr Horacek
Bookings & info at http://www.treeworks.co.uk/seminars
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Jerry,

Thanks for your comments.

Spraying is something I'd really like to avoid if possible. Mulching
certainly looks a fiddle and it would doubtless be costly. My
feeling at the
moment is that if I don't do it and the saplings don't get away
well the
indirect cost in terms of poor coppice performance would be even
greater.
The land is in good condition, well drained (except for one small
patch), 
slightly sloping and has been closely grazed by sheep for many years.
Deer have been reported to be a problem near Cardigan, only 8 miles
away but
there is perhaps less shelter close to us - difficult to tell I
suppose.
Perhaps planting a small area with tall tree shelters and waiting
to see 
what happens is a sensible approach.

Dan






Dan

Hi
You have to decide from the outset as to what your objectives are, as
there are two distinct types of coppice: 
one for nature conservation and one for commercial production.
The 2 are not necessarily mutually exclusive, but if you want to
produce a worthwile crop, you need to deer fence the site and spray
the weeds and clear the overstorey to get plenty of light.
If a commercial crop is just a bonus to an essentially recreational
activity then you can pile the frass of cut shoots around the
coppiced stools and "fence" the site with impromptu thorn hurdles. 
Tree shelters are not entirely practical on a multi-stemmed coppice.
A well managed commercial coppice should have a tidy floor /
manicured, rather than be "littered" with habitat. The rotations are
also much shorter. 
The crop is likely to be a single species mix
Obviously, there is a range of scope between the 2 extremes, but just
something to be aware of. 
It's not as simple as it seems.

Regards

Adam










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