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Pruning cuts

Making appropriate pruning cuts helps develop and maintain healthy nursery trees. (Click on photographs for more information-suggest starting with 1). See: more on pruning cuts.

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removal cut illustration

removal cut

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before brance removal

before branch removal

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after branch removal

after branch removal

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appropriate cuts

appropriate cuts

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inappropriate flush cuts

inappropriate flush cuts

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closure following flush cuts

closure following flush cuts

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after removal cuts

after removal cuts

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reduction cuts illustration

reduction cuts

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close up of reduction cuts

close-up reduction cuts