Encouraging Oak suckers...?
 

Hello,

I have to cut a modest size oak (about 6" caliper) and could
cut it at various heights.

I would like to encourage its re-growth more "bush-like"
than "tree-like."

Am I more likely to get such growth if it is cut closer to
the ground level, or leaving some of its trunk?

Thanks for any thoughts,
--
Kenneth

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Encouraging Oak suckers...?
 

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Kenneth writes:
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| I have to cut a modest size oak (about 6" caliper) and could
| cut it at various heights.
|
| I would like to encourage its re-growth more "bush-like"
| than "tree-like."
|
| Am I more likely to get such growth if it is cut closer to
| the ground level, or leaving some of its trunk?

Dunno. Either should work, but the success will depend more on
whether it was a wild strain, of the sort that regrows well, or one
bred for timber, which may not. I don't know how old an oak can
be before it is coppiced for the first time.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.