 Re: How to prune.
To me pruning is the alteration of a tree or shrub by selectivley removing tissue. The way I start is to remove dead, diseased, damaged, crossing and competing limbs first. Once this is done, I re-assess the crown and determine if the tree could or should have anything else done at that time. If more limbs can be cut, we remove the ones which pose a threat of becoming a structural issues (ie. poor angle of attachment or poor taper) Unless there are issues of safety(ie, inhibiting a view at an intersection, or pose a threat of failure). I believe the last objective should be athetics, why would anyone want to leave a stressed, pretty tree behind.
This is only my opinion, and I could have gone on a lot more. I guess I should have stopped after the first sentence. Grill me if you will.
The issue of pruning varies not only in each coutry, but in each geographic location around the world. |