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Apr 14, Pruning is meant to improve safety and plant health, not put you in harms way or hurt your trees, so do it right. Leave major pruning to the professionals – especially any jobs that requires climbing or crown reduction. DO NOT prune trees near wires. Call a professional. Don’t prune oak trees between April and October; this is prime time for beetles to spread oak wilt.

Other than oak, Elm and Ash trees, you need to start pruning Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. Dec 22, The Wrong Way to Prune a Tree Suckers. Suckers often appear as green twigs that look like miniature trees. They literally suck nutrients from a tree /5(68). Nov 03, The most common cause of this is trying to cut the tree branch off flush against the trunk of the tree. When this happens, it creates a disconnection for those structures and damages the surrounding tree tissue, so to speak. The better bet is to leave the branch collar intact by cutting at least an inch away from the trunk on the branch itself.5/5.

Aug 19, Improper Cuts: A very common tree trimming mistake when removing branches is to cut them off too close, or flush, to the main trunk. By doing this, you remove the branch collar; an area of tissue with specialized cells that help heal the wound. You'll recognize it as a small swelling, or bump, right where the branch meets the bushleaning.barted Reading Time: 8 mins. Aug 07, Pruning during the growing season always stimulates new growth.

During summer’s heat, having to produce that ill-timed new flush of growth greatly stresses a tree. Pruning Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins.