4 General Tree Pruning Tips for Beginners

Pruning or trimming a tree is essential to promoting long-term health and growth, clearing away any potential safety issues, and improving the tree’s overall appearance. However, pruning can feel daunting at first, especially if you’ve never taken a battery chainsaw to a tree before. But as a self-starting homeowner, you’d rather spend an afternoon learning how to do it yourself than hire someone else. Before making that first cut, keep these four tips in mind.

Be Sure to Prune with a Purpose

Pruning just for the sake of pruning is never a good idea. There’s a reason people have made a living out of all forms of landscaping—there’s an art and a science to it. It’s more than just climbing a ladder and putting your pair of pruners to work. You have to go into it with a purpose. The three main reasons to prune or trim a tree are for improving its aesthetics, removing a safety concern, or improving its health. Your reason for trimming or pruning could also impact how you decide to go about it, so be sure to have a purpose and plan before getting started.

Trim During the Tree’s Dormant Season

If there’s an immediate hazard or the tree is dead or diseased, you can likely trim or prune it at any time. However, it’s almost always best to wait for a healthy tree’s dormant season. While this depends on the species of tree, most trees are dormant in mid to late winter. When you prune during this time, it will encourage new growth when the weather warms up again in the spring and summer. This way, you can avoid cutting a branch’s life short during peak growing season.

Stay Away From Large Branches If You Can Help It

If you’re pruning a tree for aesthetics or to stimulate growth, it’s best to stay away from larger branches in good health. If you take the pruning too far, the wound you leave behind could be too large to heal. Not to mention there are numerous safety risks associate with trimming off a large branch. Instead, focus on smaller branches and make sure to cut the branches away carefully. For most branches, you’ll want to cut outside of the branch bark ridge and angle your cuts down and away from the stem to protect the health of each branch.

Use the Right Tools for the Job

As with any outdoor project, you always want to use the right tools for the job. When you’re trimming the bushes in your front yard, you use a premium battery hedge trimmer. You should do the same for your trees as well. A high-quality battery chainsaw will help you cut through problem branches with ease or even chop up a dead tree after removal. Best of all, they’ll help you accomplish all this without the loud rumble, smell, or emissions of gas-powered tools.

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