I was having a wander around Pollok Park and its estates in Glasgow, it's a great little piece of woodland in the heart of the city.
I spotted some notices warning that some of their horse chestnuts (lining a vehicular & pedestrian route) are to be felled due to "extreme age" and fear of dead limbs falling. Whilst these trees may be over 100 years old (I'm guessing) they just seem to be old, not dead. The suspicious side of me thinks this is just a ruse to combat health & safety issues and minimise costs, although I understand that new hardwood trees will be planted in their place albeit taking many years to mature.
Isn't it worthwhile trimming and lopping limbs rather than cutting down the tree? Is pollarding viable with horse chestnut and at such an age?
As far as I am aware the horse chestnut contagion that is slowly spreading up from England has a long way to go yet before it arrives here. I'm not aware of any other disease issues.
Am I just being paranoid or should I go and rattle someone's cage at the local Council? Any comments from the professional tree folk on here would be welcome.
I spotted some notices warning that some of their horse chestnuts (lining a vehicular & pedestrian route) are to be felled due to "extreme age" and fear of dead limbs falling. Whilst these trees may be over 100 years old (I'm guessing) they just seem to be old, not dead. The suspicious side of me thinks this is just a ruse to combat health & safety issues and minimise costs, although I understand that new hardwood trees will be planted in their place albeit taking many years to mature.
Isn't it worthwhile trimming and lopping limbs rather than cutting down the tree? Is pollarding viable with horse chestnut and at such an age?
As far as I am aware the horse chestnut contagion that is slowly spreading up from England has a long way to go yet before it arrives here. I'm not aware of any other disease issues.
Am I just being paranoid or should I go and rattle someone's cage at the local Council? Any comments from the professional tree folk on here would be welcome.