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What a pruning visit should cover
Pruning is subtraction and none of it grows back, so what is agreed before the saw starts matters more here than on any other outdoor task.
- What is coming off agreed at the tree itself rather than from the driveway
- Cuts made just outside the branch collar, so the wound can close over
- No flush cuts into the trunk, and no stubs left to die back
- Deadwood, broken limbs and crossing branches taken before any healthy growth is
- A limit on how much live crown comes off in one season, agreed in advance
- Brush chipped and taken away, and nothing painted over the cuts afterwards
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Tree pruning questions
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When is the best time to prune?
The dormant season for anything structural — late autumn to early spring, when the shape is visible and the tree is not pushing growth. Deadwood can come out any time. Maple, birch and walnut are better left until summer because they bleed heavily from early-spring cuts.
Can a tree be pruned in summer?
Yes, for size control, clearance over a path or a roof, and deadwood. Summer is also when a weak or diseased limb is easiest to spot, because it is the one with no leaves on it. Save heavy structural work for the dormant months, when the tree can afford it.
How much can safely come off at once?
As a working rule, not more than about a quarter of the live crown in one season, and less on an older tree. Leaves are how a tree feeds itself, so a hard cut is a bill it pays back over years. Two lighter visits a season apart beat one heavy one.
Can I just have it made shorter?
Not by topping it. Cutting the crown back to stubs leaves wounds that cannot close and produces dense, weakly attached regrowth that is more dangerous than the original limbs. Real height reduction is cutting back to laterals big enough to take over, and there is a limit to how far it goes.
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