How to Prune Landscape Trees and Shrubs

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  @andyroubik5760 · 3 years ago

  This is the best video I've watched yet. Thanks for doing it. Just a few things I would disagree with. Water sprouts are generally induced to sprout because of the loss of vegetation. The tree produces them in order to make food through photosynthesis. In some cases a tree would starve if it could not produce water sprouts. A good example are Stone fruits which have limited capability of producing water sprouts. The average life of a Peachtree is only 9 years because they get over pruned and subsequently starve and die. Apple, willow trees and others are frequently over pruned and would starve if they were unable to produce water sprouts. In such a case if all the water sprouts were pruned off, the tree would once again produce a abundance of water sprouts to ward off starvation. A better option is to remove the worst of the water sprouts completely, and Whittle away the remaining water sprouts over a course of several years. Try to limit pruning to not removing more than 25 per-cent of a trees live vegetation. This will keep the tree healthy and vigorous. At the end of the video the comment was made that it's better to do something rather than nothing. I respectfully disagree. A bad haircut grows back, but a bad tree cut is forever. Even a neglected tree has natural grace and beauty, but an abused tree has often lost its grace and beauty and can become just as hazardous as a neglected tree. Thanks again for a very thorough and good video!

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  @mohammedmustapha2765 · 1 year ago

  Its an old video but comes wth clear explanation n examples. One of a few good videos on pruning. Learned a lot from this video n thks for sharing.

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  @AndyKegel · 4 years ago

  Very well done presentation.  I particularly like that you got to the heart of each situation, stated your reasoning, and pointed out common errors to avoid.

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  @tonycordeiro184 · 6 months ago

  You are a good instructor.

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  @Pamsmith59 · 2 years ago

  So well done.  Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

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  @No-Gumph · 3 years ago

  Thank you. Very clear explained and reasoned. This webinar is a great resource.

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  @louiselimb6164 · 4 years ago

  Brilliant. I could have done with seeing this 20 years ago. Thank you very much.

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  @delayneperry1937 · 3 years ago

  Thank you! 👏🏼 very clear & helpful.

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  @jasonwhite2028 · 4 years ago

  Thank you for this great video, lots of information and great example pictures. I was having a hard time finding alot of this information online and this was exactly what i was looking for.

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  @espfaces5132 · 4 years ago

  GREAT VIDEO! LEARNED A LOT FROM IT!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

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  @nadmiet7733 · 4 years ago

  Gread video...very informative. I learned so much from this video.

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  @tigerjongreen · 2 years ago

  Very good video, many thanks.