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Pruning Mature Trees

What are the main objectives to consider when pruning maturing trees?

 

 

 

 

Understand each of the following maintenance pruning types and when each should be applied:

Crown cleaning

 

 

 

 

Crown thinning

 

 

 

 

Crown raising

 

 

 

Crown reduction

 

 

 

 

Crown restoration

 

 

 

 

Utility pruning

 

 

 

 

Understand and be able to describe 8 reasons why trees should NOT be "topped".