Producing quality trees

Welcome to one of the most complete, well illustrated sources of information about growing quality trees in a nursery. The web site is partially funded by the Great Southern Tree Conference. This site is a companion to "Illustrated guide to pruning, second edition" and contains more than 500 photos and drawings.

These will familiarize you with the techniques and tools needed to grow quality root systems and canopies on shade trees. Click on any of the following links to learn basic and detailed information on techniques you can begin to use today to improve and maintain production protocols.

Click here for introduction photos and story.

Tree quality | Root system | Goals | Trunk | Summary
Pruning cuts | Year one | Year two | Year three | Pruning tools
Staking | Branch creation | Propagation | Irrigation | Nursery management

New fact sheet: Selecting quality trees from the nursery | Production tree pruning