Vineland offers some of the highest quality tree pruning in the Twin Cities. Learn more about our pruning services:
Mature Tree Pruning
If the tree was properly pruned when young, the primary objectives of mature tree pruning are to remove deadwood, maintain clearance from structures, and provide access for people and vehicles.
Crown clean pruning is a national tree care standard that consists of the selective removal of dead, dying, diseased, or weak branches and waterspouts, from a tree’s crown. Generally, as the tree matures, less and less live material should be removed from the canopy. We follow this standard for our tree pruning in the Twin Cities.
The wounds created by the removal of larger branches from more mature trees take longer to seal and close-over than the same branches would on younger trees.
Natural Shrub Pruning
We prune tree form shrubs much like a tree — cut to a lateral branch and avoid topping. We usually avoid pruning shrubs to machine sharpened, or a crew cut flat-topped look.
Planning when to prune is a critical factor for most shrubs to encourage flowering or to reduce the likelihood of winter burn. Some cane growing shrubs do well when mature stems are thinned regularly, while others are best when removed to the ground every few years.
Usually it’s best to avoid using a gas, electric or manual shears as much as possible by the practice of target pruning. If necessary to shear, focus on cutting the new growth only.
Structural Pruning Of Young Trees
Pruning young trees is the most proactive maintenance practice for the future mature tree. Structural pruning while young insures a sound framework to support the large branches of a mature tree.
We remove branches with weak attachments and or branches that will eventually interfere with the sound growth of other branches within the canopy of the tree. It is also done to redirect growth that may in the future obstruct sidewalks, roadways, buildings or other plants.
Young trees are much more tolerant of the removal of live tissue than are mature trees. Pruning and training trees while still young decreases chances of branch failure and the need to remove larger branches in the future.
