{"id":152,"date":"2010-03-08T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T21:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2010\/03\/08\/%e2%80%9cpruning-cuts-%e2%80%93avoiding-the-big-ones%e2%80%9d\/"},"modified":"2010-03-08T16:50:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-08T21:50:00","slug":"%e2%80%9cpruning-cuts-%e2%80%93avoiding-the-big-ones%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2010\/03\/08\/%e2%80%9cpruning-cuts-%e2%80%93avoiding-the-big-ones%e2%80%9d\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPruning Cuts \u2013Avoiding the Big Ones\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_ZzNIw3ADWQo\/S5VkPgQRqPI\/AAAAAAAAAJg\/hD2c83pXkiA\/s1600-h\/DSC_0333.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446369541893499122\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_ZzNIw3ADWQo\/S5VkPgQRqPI\/AAAAAAAAAJg\/hD2c83pXkiA\/s320\/DSC_0333.JPG\" \/><\/a><strong>Question: was this pruning cut a mistake?<\/strong> You judge.<br \/>Driving home yesterday, I spied upon this extreme pruning cut (see photo). The tree pruner may have read the chapter in the pruning manual about cutting a damaged or broken limb on an angle to shed snow and rain. Had he\/she missed the chapter that recommends making the smallest possible cut? This cut is very large.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever possible, make small cuts and on a 30\u00b0- 45\u00b0 angle. I have the advantage of seeing the oak tree up close. In this case, tree pruner may have experienced extenuating circumstances. I had not seen the extent of injury to this storm damaged tree. I&#8217;ve concluded that this tree cut is correct.<\/p>\n<p>Each pruning cut is a wound. A small cut heals more rapidly than a wide cut. Cutting on an angle is correct, creating the smallest possible diameter wound. There is no need to apply a tree wound paint or sealant. These products are simply cosmetic.<\/p>\n<p>Prune most trees and shrubs in late winter unless they flower in spring. If you delay, spring-flowering plants may be pruned within one month after blooming. Prune summer-flowering shrubs and trees in late February and March because their flowers are initiated on new spring -summer growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: was this pruning cut a mistake? You judge.Driving home yesterday, I spied upon this extreme pruning cut (see photo). The tree pruner may have read the chapter in the pruning manual about cutting a damaged or broken limb on an angle to shed snow and rain. Had he\/she missed the chapter that recommends making [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}