Have you noticed locals prune trees to the extreme with no leaves remaining. We had our village done, not a single leaf on any tree. My neighbor another example. She does it once in a while. Attached photo after a week, some green stuff coming out. Question is why bother having a tree if you go Kojak on them. 

Trees here come back to their full beauty in no time, we have to do the same with ours, very different to back home.....

Yes I suspect  they hate trees...in particular the leaf litter..I notice they tend to sweep up leafs but leave the dust,dirt,sand etc for extra motorcycle mayhem excitement.

Just now, johng said:

Yes I suspect  they hate trees...in particular the leaf litter..I notice they tend to sweep up leafs but leave the dust,dirt,sand etc for extra motorcycle mayhem excitement.

I think that is a daft post..................

We “pollard” our Eucalyptus trees every 2 years approx.

15 minutes ago, transam said:

I think that is a daft post..................

Well you are entitled to your opinion...I think it was a slightly tongue in cheek post revealing some truths.

16 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

We “pollard” our Eucalyptus trees every 2 years approx.

I can just imagine way back in Henry VIII's time, or before, the peasant tree pruners would say to each other...

 

" Richard, let's 'pollard' that floocker".......And a new word was born.............😂

8 minutes ago, transam said:

I can just imagine way back in Henry VIII's time, or before, the peasant tree pruners would say to each other...

 

" Richard, let's 'pollard' that floocker".......And a new word was born.............😂

pollox

It's called "pollarding" and it is a common practice here in Thailand, especially with fruit trees like Lamyai.

1 minute ago, JBChiangRai said:

pollox

That too............😂

the tree pic in question is a plumeria/frangipani, looks to be an obtusa which are very common here and it has been totally butchered, pruning is needed but it should be done correctly not like this, this is absolutely pathetic. If you dont want new growth you prune back flush to a branch, if you want new growth you leave 6" or so from the branch, it is easy to do but most thais have no idea and dont care, pruning is done to shape a tree as well as control growth but people need to use their common sense which many thais lack, they do what ever is easiest for them and requires the least amount of work and refuse to even think about what they are doing as per usual with everything they do, what they did to this tree is disgusting but typical thai

Fig and Mullberry trees fruit better when you do this.  They grow back very quickly and start flowering.

 

I've done it 3 times to this mango tree.  Last time was about 2 years ago.

19 hours ago, connda said:

It's called "pollarding" and it is a common practice here in Thailand, especially with fruit trees like Lamyai.

 

The trees in the picture aren't pollarded, they're butchered.

 

Zoom in and look at the poor quality of the cuts.  A problem with the tree on the right is that they left one leader higher than the rest. It will assert apical dominance over the rest of the tree and the growth won't be even. 

 

Pruning hard can stimulate "breaks" in plants with adventitious buds, resulting in increased "bushiness" and new branches.  When done properly it is good practice for many plants. 

 

 

1 hour ago, Bobthegimp said:

 

The trees in the picture aren't pollarded, they're butchered.

 

Zoom in and look at the poor quality of the cuts.  A problem with the tree on the right is that they left one leader higher than the rest. It will assert apical dominance over the rest of the tree and the growth won't be even. 

 

Pruning hard can stimulate "breaks" in plants with adventitious buds, resulting in increased "bushiness" and new branches.  When done properly it is good practice for many plants. 

 

 

 

... yep, the only non-butcher in the hood would be me cause I own a pruning saw amongst others.

Everybody else seems to just be hacking away with their rather heavy truck-spring machetes ...

 

 

1 minute ago, jollyhangmon said:

 

... yep, the only non-butcher in the hood would be me cause I own a pruning saw amongst others.

Everybody else seems to just be hacking away with their rather heavy truck-spring machetes ...

 

 

 

The journeyman who ran the practical side of my schooling called those people "hack n whacks". 

For pruning, read hacking! 

They do this at my wife's work too. It's so ugly I'd be embarrassed for the company. Comes down to the workers are lazy and no one cares about having nice looking trees.

Anyway it is to control the size of the tree to keep them from becoming too big.

I think it comes down to the laziness too. The more they remove the less frequent pruning. 

3 minutes ago, AustinRacing said:

I think it comes down to the laziness too. The more they remove the less frequent pruning. 

You don't seem to have one good word for Thai folk, do you....?  🤔

Do you actually live here........?

Extreme Pruning, I like an extremely pruned bush.     

19 hours ago, transam said:

You don't seem to have one good word for Thai folk, do you....?  🤔

Do you actually live here........?

I do live in Thailand. I do like Thai people in general. Occasional ranting I suppose. 😉

On 5/3/2024 at 6:37 PM, johng said:

Yes I suspect  they hate trees...in particular the leaf litter..I notice they tend to sweep up leafs but leave the dust,dirt,sand etc for extra motorcycle mayhem excitement.

Agree .... many Thai people seem to view trees as large weeds.

On 5/3/2024 at 7:08 PM, connda said:

It's called "pollarding" and it is a common practice here in Thailand, especially with fruit trees like Lamyai.

the cuts are  poor  and not clean its  more like butchery half  the  time, using a blunt  saw or "something", if  that fails  then halfway thru theyll just snap it  off.

My M-in-L is an extreme pruner, of the hack it faction. She has killed at least 3 trees and a dozen shrubs with her manic attacks.

I cringe when I see some of their "pruning" jobs.  A machete or hatchet is not the right pruning tool. I've been pruning with my FELCO #2 shears for 46 years. 

 

 

On 5/3/2024 at 6:28 PM, AustinRacing said:

Have you noticed locals prune trees to the extreme with no leaves remaining. We had our village done, not a single leaf on any tree. My neighbor another example. She does it once in a while. Attached photo after a week, some green stuff coming out. Question is why bother having a tree if you go Kojak on them. 

They do this because they can. The leaves will come soon🙏

My garden gets ruined at least once every 2 years as my b/f - without consulting me - has the family hackers destroy 3 or 4 beauties with crude slashing with a blunt instrument, leaving jagged wounds open to disease.

 

And other trees and bushes get moved (because 'too big' or 'too close house') and shoved into a shallow hole with no manure & little water. Death follows in about 40% of cases.

 

Even those that do survive - because I water them against instructions through the drought - will probably be killed off next time round.

 

(Sigh)

The chainsaw massacre happened out side my mums bedroom widow, next door neighbor 

I have currently made £300,000

With my banksy portrait!

 

On 5/3/2024 at 6:28 PM, AustinRacing said:

Have you noticed locals prune trees to the extreme with no leaves remaining. We had our village done, not a single leaf on any tree. My neighbor another example. She does it once in a while. Attached photo after a week, some green stuff coming out. Question is why bother having a tree if you go Kojak on them. 

 

They cut every tree in our village like this 3 years in a row.  Half of the trees are now dead (only stumps remaining) and the other half are clearly diseased and weakened.  Thai gardening at it's finest.