Tree Pruning

Flowers, Trees, Lawns, Infrastructures, Maintenance & anything else!
Post Reply
Freeranger
Legendary Laner
Posts: 3171
Joined: 17 Apr 2012, 10:13

Tree Pruning

Post by Freeranger »

Having established that I'm a rubbish gardener and that it's cold up here, can anybody advise on tree pruning please?

We need to cut some trees back very hard - a holly that needs to come down about 2/3s, and bifurcated trees where one of the trunks needs to be removed and the crown brought down.

If I wait for the frosts to finish, the birds may already be nesting and anyway, I don't want to waste the trees' energies in supporting bits that will be cut off later. Am I over-thinking this? Should I just go for it and then seal the wound with something? Or cut them, leave them and let them fend for themselves?
User avatar
Mo
Legendary Laner
Posts: 15368
Joined: 30 Apr 2007, 09:39
Location: Cheshire (nr Chester)

Re: Tree Pruning

Post by Mo »

I don't know the answer, but I always have the same dilemma with the orchard - I find it hard to do more than a little bit at a time (trying to focus on the twigs I want among a tangle of near/far twigs makes my eyes swim). So it's 'shall I do it when it might be frosty, do it after they've started growing, or leave it for next year'?
Dance caller. http://mo-dance-caller.blogspot.co.uk/p/what-i-do.html
Sunny Clucker enjoyed Folk music and song in mid-Cheshire
Post Reply