Originally Posted by
Oldtimr
However, when you hinge cut you have food right now and in the spring from that tree and you have regeneration on the ground where it was opened up to sunlight, and you create some cover.
leaving the tops does the same exact thing, not much cover around a 6" stump, just opening the ground to sunlight isn't much for regeneration if you don't bare the ground, 4" of dead leaves slows regeneration down just as much as not cutting the trees to start with
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