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Coppice stools4/2/2023 It dislikes exposed and frosty sites but will endure them and recovers well from frost damage.īasket work ‘rods' are typically harvested after one year. Oak will tolerate a less freely draining soil but suffers from extremes such as a parched, cracked soil in summer or waterlogging in winter. Sweet Chestnut likes a well-drained, sunny site on a sandy loam and dislikes chalk and frost hollows. More relevant for the small scale are coppice products that can be used for crafts, home makers and gardeners tasks such as fencing, basket work, hurdles, tool handles, firewood, pulpwood (for paper making), pea sticks and bean/hop/vine poles.įencing which needs to be durable and rot resistant is usually made from cleft Oak Quercus or Sweet Chestnut - the poles for fencing are coppiced on a fairly long rotation and so may not be suitable for the small scale - but worth a mention should you find yourself wanting to cut back an existing tree. Oak Quercus was grown widely throughout Europe for the manufacture of ‘Bark Tan' or Tannin used in the processing of leather. Historically, larger coppice poles were used for building and mining timber and scaffolding. It is worth mentioning that well managed coppiced woodlands provide an extremely varied habitat for all manner of plant, bird and animal species. This practice is known as ‘Stored coppice'. If the stools are very overgrown, it is practical to remove all but one of the trunks as this will improve the strength of the tree and you are more likely to get regeneration to the other stumps as the whole tree has not been removed. This means that neglected coppice stools of some species can be re-coppiced whilst others can not. The age is relevant to the wood or timber regenerating rather than the age of the stool. Vegetative reproduction will take place in most species of broadleaved trees up to a certain age, usually around 35 - 40 years, although Lime species Tillia and Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa can in some cases regenerate after being coppiced up to 100 years. Worldwide, Eucalyptus coppice accounts for over 4 million hectares, as it coppices very well. Another form of coppicing is ‘pollarding' which involves the same principal, but the regeneration is encouraged higher up the trunk of the tree, traditionally out of the reach of cattle and horses.Ĭoppice is generally produced from broadleaved species, although some coniferous trees will coppice, including the Coastal Redwood Sequoia sempervirens and Chinese Fir Cunninghamia lanceolata. These shoots are cut at regular intervals usually between 8 and 30 years, based on the product required and the species of tree. ‘Coppice' is the practice of routine harvesting of wood in the form of shoots arising from the tree base (also known as a ‘stool'). This is designed to be an introduction to coppice on a small scale for practical gardening purposes rather than a rhetoric on larger scale coppice woodland or short rotation coppice for biomass fuel. You are here: Home Articles Conservation and the environment Small Scale Coppice Production Past editorial items from the downsizer front page. Sometimes the diversity of downsizing can throw up an unusual topic. Find advice and encouragement among these pages. Marketplaceįrom shopping with a conscience to building your own enterprise. Conservation and the environmentĬonserve our world for future generations. From fishing, to shooting, to foraging safely, find it among these articles. Subsidise the larder in a sustainable way. Find out how to do it all here and really taste the difference. Cooking, preserving and home brewingįrom the home brewery to ambitions of chefly grandeur. Energy efficiency and constructionĭiscover how to adapt, change and even build your own home to enable you to tread more lightly upon the planet. Livestock and petsįind out about rearing livestock from the farm to the garden, and doing the best for your pets. Reduce your footprint by making your own, from knitting to soap-making to adorning your home. Whatever the scale of your ambitions or plot you'll find something useful here.
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