You are such a great & solid teacher, many thanks. I’ll be spending many hours on all your chapters, your great commentary & super images. Easily among the best pruning instructional vids on Y Tube.
I would say its a bit turning the topic upside down. I mean it is not a batd thing to shape your trees, the worse is if you do not do it every next time when it is needed to do. When you tidy up your hedges and trees frequently nothing from showed here will happen as growing three heads form one that you cut last year or doglegs or any conifer top hats. I mean come on. I was looking here for the correct pruning lesson not that what it looks like when you forget to take care of the trees.
Some good pruning knowledge .... But also some disrespectful name calling. Pollard and espalier are beautiful art forms.... But then again, maybe Ither artists like Leonardo and Michelangelo were also just rich guys with too much time on their hands.
Thank you Cass. I found this video when I was looking for advice on pruning a young walnut tree in a tight space in the garden. Love you narration and you concern for our beautiful friends, the trees. Listening in London, UK.
Wow a whole pruning instructional video chapter one with no mention of Natural Target Pruning vs flush cuts and causing sprouting and die back or not. Glaring omission. Also no mention of the history of pruning and topping as utility line clearance pruning being taken by the practitioner from the utility to the residential pruning...for profit. Ugh.
forest tree species grown in open urban settings do require pruning for their benefit, contrary to your assertion that pruning is for human's benefit...That being said I love your message for trees, but I don't care enough for all shrubs to not shear them
The best presentation of pruning. I wish I could send a picture to you of my new Cascalote tree to have you direct on how this should be pruned/ trained to be healthiest.
Very informative. I was about to go cut my tree 🌲 like I do at the barber 💈 and cut just the headings. Now I’m gonna put that project on hold and watch chapter 2.
You say that any pruning that achieves the desire of the pruner is good pruning but that heading is bad, what if I want the tree to grow long straight logs but can't coppice because of animals in the area? Another name for the "water sprouts" is pollards, and pollarding was a process used throughout ancient Europe starting in the bronze age. So are the heading cuts still a bad cut even if it does achieve the look and function I want from a tree?
I didn't know this, last year had two trees topped in back yard, because when I moved because it was very closed to house and already covering roof. Now I see 'water sprouts' what should I do?
Hi Maros Rokyta, That is a good question. We recommend taking our online class Art or Atrocity to learn more about this interesting topic. Watch our website for the next offering of this class.
watching this again to refresh my memory, this course was so good, it helped me identify trees that had to be removed, and to tidy up the ones worth keeping. The NZ natives I have tend to start as shrubs and turn into trees, so I know how to keep them as shrubs for a hedge or shape as trees as needed. There are 4 “arborists” in my town, and 3 of them just top the trees.
"There are 4 “arborists” in my town, and 3 of them just top the trees." I'm experiencing the same extreme disappointment in our small Wisconsin town, super frustrating how little tree cutters know, or care to know and communicate about trees & pruning & training practices. wtf eh?
I've seen these mistakes through the city. It's interesting that a mere RU-vid video could help someone so much who proclaims to do this as a business, yet makes these mistakes
This is really helpful, I was trying to find any information about trimming trees since I'd like to make my young quercus fusiformis a little bit bushier, I thought it was as easy as an interior plant but oh god I'll need to watch all these episodes so I do it correctly
LOL ... So far I've not killed any trees.... My method is as follows. If I have to duck when mowing the grass it's a candidate for removal. Also prune trees such that there are no saddles lower than 5 - 7 feet. I want the tree to look like a tree not a bush.
I should have watched this video to get knowledge before I topped them off. I am in a big trouble. My trees gave fruits last years. Now they won’t give me fruits next year. I have to wait 3 years to grow out and not sure they will yield fruits.😢
Cities- even in the wealthiest areas- all over southern California have their landscapers top trees along the street. I'm not much of an arborist but always thought it looked absolutely terrible and traumatizing to the tree.
I'm thinking the world is full of unqualified tree trimmers. I'm in Central California, we have/had a tree in the back yard, not sure what kind it is. I use past tense because it's now a bush. It used to be nice & tall with dark green leaves that gave great shade. We asked the landscaper to trim it, he HACKED IT DOWN to about 8 feet. This was about 2 years ago. It's now full of "water sprouts" and is very bushy. This morning I tried to prune it myself so that it would grow tall again. It looks ugly 😔 I don't know if it'll ever get to be a nice beautiful tree again.
Amazing video! Thanks I learned a lot! I have two cedars that grew out of proportion, and was thinking of topping them… I definitely will not. But is there another solution to limit their size without damaging them? They have been planted under an amazing looking willow and start to grow through it…
Okay, but what if you have 3 ugly trees that you were going to tear out anyway because they don't have ENOUGH branches (or any really) at low levels? The trees (3) all grow straight up, split into three or so more trunks which all continue to grow straight up with zero branches on them and get over 50 feet easily before they even begin to have leaves on them? I live on the low side of a hill, my neighbors house is completely above mine, and it (the house) blocks much of the sun in the afternoon. The trees are now getting sun in the mornings, due to two other large trees that have now been removed. One was a dangerous leaner with 2 trunks rubbing together allowing carpenter ants to find a home. The other collapsed under it's own weight and the power company removed it. Should I remove all three trees and plant evergreens or some privacy screen trees? Or continue to wait for lower branches to suddenly start growing? Or should I maybe lop off a single trunk (1/3rd of the tree) or more in hopes that it starts growing again only with some side branches this time? I've had neighbors who have cut down a tree trunk above the fence line only to have these waterspouts grow back in their place. And honestly, a thick full group of these waterspouts would be a really good privacy screen! I just WANT some low branches! How do I get them? Is there a way to notch a tree to make branches form?
i need these videos for a college assignment and you didn't even mention Lion's tailing, Over-thinning, or Over-skirting? pls i'm just trying to get a distinction :(
I have a 2 year cherry tree, it had aphids, and I take it off the new growing leaves at the end, because it there was the concentration of aphids, and now it seems it's dying, and curling the now end leaves and turn into red. It is dying, what can I do?
Thank you guys for sharing us these videos cell phone is my learning weapon cause in the back days we hadn't the opportunity to learn at least going to school all these videos are really helpful for people like me who are enrolled in the tree work thanks again and got bless you guys Roberto Gomez.
I"m living in MN (zone 4 B). I got some Asian pear trees. I watched a lot of clips about pruning. I'm confusing about that. What's different between summer pruning and winter pruning? which one for more fruit and which one for shape
Hi Duc, apologies for missing your question. I suggest joining PlantAmnesty and taking one of our online courses where such information is covered in depth.
@@PeaceOfMake Bad answer. A needed slideshow requires qualifications. It cannot cover all education/experience. Would a carpenter expect you to pay for all his training? You pay for materials and time with an increase in rate for expertise. If this cost over $300, someone was cheated.
My name is carlos I was watching the video on how to pruning trees and everything you say shouldn't be done it was done and can see wood root every where so what can I do to save my trees or is this the end of my trees please help
Don't do that! It is bad for the tree, makes it ugly, and causes weaknesses. Watch ArboristBlairGlenn for more information why it is a terrible idea to top trees.
Thank you for all this wonderful info. I need some advice on Camphor trees. We bought a foreclosed home with numerous mature camphor trees. They are (were) stunning. We can't afford an arborist or tree service and need to tackle this on our own. Any info is GREATLY appreciated. I don't want these gorgeous guys to die and I'm certain they have "issues". And it's difficult for me to figure this out being a camphor looks deciduous (and ours sheds leaves in abundance all year) but is from what I understand, an evergreen?? I admit I am very confused!
May the Lord Jesus Christ bless you I believe you tree might have verticillium. Only prune it during winter to control the size. Be careful when climbing it. If you are in San Diego, I am affordable in tree service
Cas if you are still listening this is amazing information. Its so hard to find this in depth information about trees. I'm a bonsai enthusiast and I know this is what everyone keeps to themselves. Thank you for sharing.
Topiary is a special category of pruning and can be done on selected genus and species. Join PlantAmnesty to gain access to our extensive pruning library in which topiary is covered.
It is pretty hard to give pruning advice remotely. Many factors are involved including what kind of plant your hedge is made of, what kind of lighting and water conditions are there. PlantAmnesty recommends consulting a professional in your area for specific concerns.
@@MonarchGuy974 Japanese Privet does respond well to hard pruning. A few heading cuts made in Feb. or March should create new branching by early summer.
Why do the RU-vidrs think it’s necessary to give a lengthy introduction…it’s not necessary and it’s repetitive. Losing audience with in first minute and a half. Just get into the content!
mostly relearned, woman love to bitch... but thx for the 1 minute of useful info about where to make the cut... that confirmed, what we all should have known intuitively.... let's hope the next chapters are more fruitful????
