Am I the only person pruning ....

[MartreCycle]

Thank you Twybill -

The oak I am pruning are about 8 years old - about 7ft tall - and some have forks - I am aiming to reduce the forks - so cutting where needed to restore a single shoot.

[coppiceer]

I had assumed that this thread was about formative pruning for timber production: silviculture as opposed to arboriculture.

Looking again at the original post I think that I was incorrect in my assumption, sorry about that.

In this case I am at the same point as the barrowers, I just thought you let the stuff grow where it wanted. So I too would be grateful for enlightenment on this point

I have no experience of sweet chestnut but I do prune my hazel and ash regrowth to cut out side branches growing across the stems and thus causing rubbing and forking in the new growth. I do this in late spring as the last coppicng job.

[coppiceer]

correction:

I meant to say late winter: pruning in late spring would incense and inconvenience the local wildlife.