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Splinting

Straightening out bends in the canopy with a stake that is not attached to the ground is referred to as splinting. It is fairly time consuming and expensive and does not need to be done on all trees.

1 splinting concept

2 splinting an oak

3 splinting an elm

4 straightening

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