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Proper technique Is crtticel. Poor pruning can cause damage that lasts for the life of the tree. Learn where and how to make the cuts before pick Jng up the pruning shears
• Trees don't heal the way people do. When a tree is wounded It grows over and 'compartmentalizes" the wound. In effect, the wound rs contained within the tree for ever.
• Small cuts do less dam age to the tree than large cuts. This is why proper prun Ing (training) of young trees is critical Waiting to prune a tree when It is mature can create the need for large cuts that the tree can t easily close
Where you make a pruning cut is critical to a tree's response In growth and wound closure When removing a whole limb, the cut is called a thinning cut This type of < ut should be made just outside the branch collar, not flusTi t<> the trunk The branch c ollar is a swollen or slightly raised area where the branch atta< h es to the trunk This area con tains growth regulators that
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