I regularly work on previously pollarded(topped) Limes(Lindens) in Glasgow.
Like you say maybe some done up to 30 years ago, some maybe up to 70/80ft tall. I'm always concious of climbing and rigging off them due to the weak attachment point where previously topped.
Hundreds of years ago in Britain Limes were regularly pollarded to provide extra food for the livestock.
I crown reduce them now mostly, if you thin them they replace the lost foliage easily within one growing season.
I like to climb on Limes(not in the rain) very easy and light to cut with Silky. Rigging them down is ok as well as they have relatively light wood. |