Care For The Trees You Love Prun ng: WhatNOT to do


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Not all pruning is created equal


     would you?


 are several different kinds of pruning   simple clearance away from the building   a more complex need for selective cuts   recommendation should be intentional with a goal in mind.


 a tree and over-pruning can cause it to produce a lot of unwanted new   important to hire professionals who know what they are doing.


 unaware of is that the most important      pruning and hazard mitigation over the  expenses in the future.


When and how often to prune


Routine maintenance pruning of dead  


Pruningi Topping:


It’s not only ugly, but it stresses the tree, ruins the structure, creates future hazards and requires more frequent pruning. Avoid it at all cost with exception to rare cases where risk mitigation or habitat tree formation are your goals. Otherwise... don’t do it!


T Over-Thinning:


Avoid over-thinning the interior of the tree. A good rule of thumb is not to remove more than 25% of a tree’s live wood. Removal of too many leaves can starve the tree, reduce growth and make the tree unhealthy.


Lion-Tailing:


Lion-tailing is similar to over-thinning, but more drastic. It’s essentially the removal of all interior limbs with some foliage left at the end of the branches. It creates substantially weakened branches which may break easily in storms or under their own weight. It also reduces the  important for some “next level” biological functions to occur properly in the tree.


branches is late in the fall or early in the     when pruned at the aforementioned  health of the tree can create exceptions to this general rule.


  maximum. Some conifers and slower 


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    annually where needed.


   conditions can change since they are living organisms impacted by alterations  eye on the health of your trees will allow for constructive planning.


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