Pollarding Bradfords

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Looks like a sloppy job the last time it was pruned. The sprouts should be cut just outside of the collar leaving nice round pollardheads (not looking like its 5 days since it shaved.) This will make pruning easier later and less decay.

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If you meant my pic I agree!

Nice looking garden, flyingsquirrel!
 
Guy, not your picture. Erlend and I have pmed back and forth. He was talking about my picture. I explained the difficult task we have completing every cut properly on the linden trees. The trees are 39' tall, and probably spreading out as far as well. The pollard is very old (not sure how old but old), and the lateral limbs are very weak due to their length. It makes it very difficult to get to every head and prune with hand pruners. Anything we can not reach by hand must be done with ARS long reach pruners, less than ideal. Unfortunately there is no other safe way to complete the project. There is no access for equipment, other than a 35' lift that barely reaches the face (and that is squeazed into the space). Much of the time we are climbing above or horizontal to our safe TIP and using a lanyard to position.
There are 4 of the 14 that have large tulip poplars over that we use for high points, makes those trees easy but doesnt help on the other 10.
It is a very fun project, makes you use everything in your tool box the get it done without breaking stuff up.
 
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I've seen fireblight on bradfords.

Not seeing it is not proof it doesn't happen. Seeing it is.

I'd just as well see fire blight though than the visual blight of those ugly pollarded pears every fall.

Guy, fix your photo. The width is messing with the thread!



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TreeCo, you don't know jack-crap and probably never will. (I thought you gave up conversing anything to do with me a long time ago)

Guy, ask around and also observe for yourself the next two years or so.

I didn't know it either until a few years ago, when I was at a conference it was discussed that Bradfords do not get fireblight. I thought to myself at the time, "yeah right! I've seen fire blight on Bradfords", but was smart enough to keep my mouth shut and check it out further, much like Guy has done just now. I discovered, that the person at the conference that stated it, was right.
 
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TreeCo, you don't know jack-crap and probably never will. (I thought you gave up conversing anything to do with me a long time ago)

Guy, ask around and also observe for yourself the next two years or so.

I didn't know it either until a few years ago, when I was at a conference it was discussed that Bradfords do not get fireblight. I thought to myself at the time, "yeah right! I've seen fire blight on Bradfords", but was smart enough to keep my mouth shut and check it out further, much like Guy has done just now. I discovered, that the person at the conference that stated it, was right.

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Less susceptible doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Like I said, I've seen it.

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7414.html
 
jeez deldan that was an internet post not a research journal. lets not jump on every statement, or possibly overstatement, depending on where you are. i've seen it worse on upright cultivars but i have seen it on what looked like bradfords to me.

but you in GA and me in NC cannot tell X in MD what is or is not there. Not being a pomologist, i can't name cultivars on sight. all i can do is guess. cut the guy some slack.

and both of u b nice.

flying yes it's hard not to leave little stubs, unless you're paid by the hour.
 
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// i've seen it worse on upright cultivars but i have seen it on what looked like bradfords to me.

but you in GA and me in NC cannot tell X in MD what is or is not there.

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I've also seen FB on BP's in Lewes and Fenwick Island, DE, and Salisbury, Sharptown and Easton, MD.
 
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// i've seen it worse on upright cultivars but i have seen it on what looked like bradfords to me.

but you in GA and me in NC cannot tell X in MD what is or is not there.

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I've also seen FB on BP's in Lewes and Fenwick Island, DE, and Salisbury, Sharptown and Easton, MD.

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yeah, i wasn't being nice. I'll try to keep an open mind that Bradfords might be able to get it then, even though I've been looking these last few years and never seen it on any that the owner knows for sure it's a true Bradford. But heavy amount of FB on the other varieties, especially even Red Spire; which your link says Red Spire rarily gets it. They especially get it here, so I'm not putting too much belief in that internet page you linked.
 
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