Pruning Techniques

There are specific types of pruning that help trees stay healthy, safe, and beautiful.

•Cleaning removes dead, dying, diseased, crowded, weakly-attached, and low-vigor branches from the crown of a tree.

•Thinning selectively removes branches to increase light penetration and air movement through the crown and reduces weight on heavy limbs to retain the tree's natural shape.

•Raising removes lower branches from a tree to clear space for buildings, vehicles, pedestrians, and views.

•Reduction trims the height or spread of a tree by pruning back the leaders and branch terminals to lateral branches that are large enough to assume the terminal roles (at least one-third the diameter of the cut stem). Compared to topping, this helps maintain the form and structural integrity of the tree.

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