04-08-2005, 04:07 PM
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Janet Baraclough writes:
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| To grow them, with a single trunk I assume all the side shoots
have to be
| removed, is this needed for the life of the plant ?
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| It would be, yes. Standard-trunk hazels would also constantly produce
| suckers from below ground, which would have to be removed.
Usually, but not always. An established hazel in a wood with a
fairly solid canopy doesn't sucker all that much, and most suckers
die off. Even my hazels (in the 'open') don't ALL sucker.
I've never seen one that doesn't grow as a multi-stemmed tree/shrub
eventually, especially in a woodland environment - and yes, I've been
involved with woodland management since 1956, and I still am.
| I'm wondering if what you saw were alders, far more likely to be grown
| in a plantation of single trunk trees. Young alders look fairly similar
| to hazel in bark and leaf.
If they were ALL single-stemmed, that seems likely. If only SOME
were, they could still be hazels.
But managed. Then the question is, what the hell for?
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