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Lightly-branched trees

A number of trees branch poorly on new growth. These respond well to heading as shown below.

1

tree before pruning

before pruning

2

tree

reducing low branches

3

tree close up

close-up

4

tree with canopy pruning

canopy pruning

5

more branches removed

removing even more

6

tree before pruning

before pruning

7

tree after pruning

after pruning

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tree before pruning

before pruning

9

tree before pruning

close-up before

10

tree after pruning

after pruning