You take a nice gorgeous tree a specimen of any species and indiscriminately cut it in about half or more or less, that is topping and in no way shape or form is considered a pollard.
Indiscriminate topping sucks and is brutal on trees. I get that some people do it for money. It still sucks for the tree and it boils my blood when I see a gorgeous tree destroyed.
I'd say you spoke to the initiation or planning of a pollard better than myself.
True pollards are rare in my locale anyways. Topping and the crappy aftermath of a 'tree' that's left behind runs rampant though. I've cleaned up the mess years afterwards many many times.
A stub if I'm reading it right? Species and further butchering dependent it may throw suckers or dieback to the next lateral or main stem.
A ugly unhealthy cut not likely to heal over easily or well.
The size of the initial cut.
Again a pollard is started when the tree reaches the desired size/shape. One small cut is made, then every year or few many small cuts are made. Knuckles are formed. Topping is a big cut, when a tree is reduced to or past a lateral smaller than 2/3rd the diameter...
Some topping that I've seen is a crime IMO. It'll never change if professionals keep indiscriminately topping because that's what the customer who usually knows squat about trees wants.
I let customers know in as nice a way as possible that unless they have some sort of experience or education...
A pollard is started when the tree reaches the desired height/size. Topping is when you reduce back past a lateral 2/3rds the diameter of the stem being reduced.
Topping is brutalizing a tree if there's no justifiable reason for it.
Pol larding is a viable pruning/management options.
Point...
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