Pruning
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Pruning rules vary between species
Determine why pruning is required
Determine the best timing for pruning
Provide best cultural practice and technique for pruning
When considering pruning of trees, shrubs, hedge and perennial
three important questions should first be answered.
Why, when and how. There are thousands of academic
articles on the subject of pruning. Correct pruning can provide many benefits
in the long term such as increased flower and fruit production,
improved bark and stem colour, control of growth and size, increased health and vigor,
as well as assisting to recover from and prevent future injury.
Green Circles Method:
Green Circles will assess your pruning needs based on; maintaining the plant
material in optimal health, training and pruning away from obstruction or
toward a specific shape, restricting growth, or improving flower or fruit production.
Green Circles staff will:
1. Correctly cut and remove all of the determined plant material as pertaining to disease,
wind or snow damage, dead or dying branches
2. Corrective pruning of branches to open the canopy
3. Make cuts clean and smooth following the listed techniques and best practices for the plant
4. Disinfect all cutting tools with alcohol or bleach (sodium hypochlorite) to prevent the spread of disease between cuts and between jobs