@@johnleonardandpack I'm not going to use the video, just the idea of felling them all in the same direction, cutting them to length, and then stacking them between the trees in the 'row'. I planted a bunch of chestnut trees in the last few years so they ate not big enough yet, but I will keep this in the back of my head. There may be some hazels of my dad's to bring down though. I've been thinking of doing some videos of things I'm doing but haven't done that yet, I just squeeze things into my weekends when I can, but now I don't have as many pressing projects I can spend a bit of time on that
@@johnleonardandpack all good, easy mistake to make. Grows pretty well, we mostly have the Japanese/European chestnut hybrids here because they handle our warm humid climate better. The nuts can be huge too, I think I was regularly getting 30g nuts which were on the bug end, some were 40g or so. Can't remember the numbers. One 20 year old tree I coppiced (a hybrid) has 10 shoots that I saved and they have each grown to 6cm dbh in three seasons. I planted some European ones and they are also growing well, I suspect they'll be similar when I coppice them but they could be slower. We'll see. I'm planting them for fencing material because I think I can save a lot of money in fencing. Treated radiata pine posts are about $10-20 here so I think I can make some decent savings doing my own. A question, seeing as you have coppiced more chestnut than I have, I've planted them 2m x 2m apart, is that a good spacing? His many stems would you leave on each one? And when would you first coppice them? I'm feeling a bit impatient because many of them are quite branchy - I was hoping to let them bulk up and then chop them but I might be waiting a lot longer for any straight timber. I was contemplating chopping them off as soon as I am confident they'll regrow so they can start off with a number if straight stems. What are your thoughts? Thanks
Love it, especially the bit near the end where you showed your workflow. I might pinch that for my own trees if you don't mind
Glad you enjoyed it, I would prefer it if you didn't use it. Why don't you make and post a video of yourself at work? 🙂
@@johnleonardandpack I'm not going to use the video, just the idea of felling them all in the same direction, cutting them to length, and then stacking them between the trees in the 'row'.
I planted a bunch of chestnut trees in the last few years so they ate not big enough yet, but I will keep this in the back of my head. There may be some hazels of my dad's to bring down though.
I've been thinking of doing some videos of things I'm doing but haven't done that yet, I just squeeze things into my weekends when I can, but now I don't have as many pressing projects I can spend a bit of time on that
@@thecurrentmoment ah sorry bro, I misunderstood, my bad. Are you based in New Zealand? How does the chestnut grow over there?
@@johnleonardandpack all good, easy mistake to make.
Grows pretty well, we mostly have the Japanese/European chestnut hybrids here because they handle our warm humid climate better. The nuts can be huge too, I think I was regularly getting 30g nuts which were on the bug end, some were 40g or so. Can't remember the numbers.
One 20 year old tree I coppiced (a hybrid) has 10 shoots that I saved and they have each grown to 6cm dbh in three seasons. I planted some European ones and they are also growing well, I suspect they'll be similar when I coppice them but they could be slower. We'll see.
I'm planting them for fencing material because I think I can save a lot of money in fencing. Treated radiata pine posts are about $10-20 here so I think I can make some decent savings doing my own.
A question, seeing as you have coppiced more chestnut than I have, I've planted them 2m x 2m apart, is that a good spacing?
His many stems would you leave on each one?
And when would you first coppice them? I'm feeling a bit impatient because many of them are quite branchy - I was hoping to let them bulk up and then chop them but I might be waiting a lot longer for any straight timber. I was contemplating chopping them off as soon as I am confident they'll regrow so they can start off with a number if straight stems.
What are your thoughts?
Thanks
How many days to Coppice an acre?