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Photo examples of structural pruning (set 2)
Here aeveral examples of pruning large-maturing shade trees to good structure from across the US.
Before pruning hackbery |
After pruning (many reduction and several removal cuts) |
Debris from the hackberry pruned tree shown above |
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Before pruning sycamore with codominant stem |
Before pruning |
After pruning right stem |
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Before pruning mahogany (low branches way too aggressive and getting in the way) |
After pruning (low branches reduced dramatically in length pushing future growth up into the leader) |
Before pruning valley oak |
After pruning left stem |
Debris from the valley oak shown above |
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Stem (branch) in the center of the photo can be removed to relieve the stress caused by branches pushing against one another. This will be a challenging cut to make. |
