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If you had actually read carefully my post, you would've noticed I made no definite claims as to my knowledge of its origins. Nor did you state anything different than I. You simply added more "facts" loosely, to what I posted. Then took your best left hook at me. And you tell me to grow up...

I'm going to liken the three types of pruning to women. Pollarding:your typical shallow Hollywood starlet who's had every type of the cosmetic plasties known to the western world. Correct pruning:the quintessential gal comfortable in her own skin, putting on her favorite dress to feel pretty...

Interesting you add that point. What I've noticed as a result of "topping to reduce height," is that within a few short years, the tree has sent sucker growth to the exact height/length -that the topping was to cure. I can't tell you the number of massive Silver Maples I've climbed where I've...

C-mon, it's a little close.... :bootyshake:

Now just maintain those cuts every other season and it's pollarding ;)

And I've stated the same also. But what I've added was the difference was; "One is managed over time, the latter, isn't." But BOTH are a stubbing of the branch.

And as stated by Sharon Lilly, heading, hat racking, topping, all the same. But I'm asking about cutting "anywhere" on the branch, not just one part that will leave a giant wound not easily healed. What would you call that cut?

Yoi Yoi Yoi! Alright, answer this question, please. So you make the decision -on a tree as to where to cut it- and you do it "anywhere" on the branch you deem appropriate, but the cut is not done as taught by the current ISA standards, just a simple lobbing off the end. No bringing the cut...

I did see that. But again, they are no different in "essence." The only difference is -one is maintained, the other disregarded after the first butchery.

EU has been using the practice of Pollarding for over 3 centuries. Started something along the lines of a certain king not allowing it's citizens to continue cutting down forests at the rate they were. So Pollarding became fashionable due to it lending many sucker branches for burning wood and...

AKA; topping Topping or Heading, is taking a branch back to a set point -and forgetting about it further. The only difference with pollarding is it's managed every other growing season, back to the same cut. Tomāto - Tomäto

Don't they call this same practice pollarding in EU? Anyway, I won't do it, but my employer is bent on whatever the client wants. I refuse -and have him find someone on craigslist who will. Then we'll go in a circle and I tell him that the customer doesn't know better— and our job as...