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2. What Is Pruning? Here's Why It's Essential In Every Garden - AOL

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   Size Reduction: Reduction cuts decrease the height (topping) and spread of a tree or shrub. Pruning also improves the health of the plant by reducing the above-ground portion of the plant relative ...

3. Tree topping - Wikipedia

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   Large pruning wounds, such as those left behind in trees after topping, may become entry points for pathogens and may result in extensive decay. Decay undermines, to greater or lesser extent, the long-term health and physical stability of trees; most notably in those species which compartmentalize decay less effectively. Should a tree survive ...

4. Pruning - Wikipedia

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   Topping: Topping is a very severe form of pruning which involves removing all branches and growths down to a few large branches or to the trunk of the tree. When performed correctly it is used on very young trees, and can be used to begin training younger trees for pollarding or for trellising to form an espalier .

5. Pollarding - Wikipedia

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   Pollarding is a pruning system involving the removal of the upper branches of a tree, which promotes the growth of a dense head of foliage and branches. In ancient Rome, Propertius mentioned pollarding during the 1st century BCE. [1]

6. How to Prune an Apple Tree So It Produces Fruit for ... - AOL

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   How to Prune Apple Trees. When pruning an apple tree, make sure you have the right tools—like hand pruners, a hand saw, and a step ladder. Then follow these tips from experts to properly prune ...

7. Severe pruning during summer heat is hell for trees ... - AOL

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   Severe pruning — a.k.a. "coat racking" — is never good for ficus and other evergreen trees, but pruning during high heat is even worse. Severe pruning during summer heat is hell for trees, not ...