Thanks you very much for this content. I'm an arborist student in France and your videos are more meaningful than the explainations found in books or classes. Glad to see your channel ;)
I started pruning in the mid 1970's and was taught to cut flush to the trunk and use sealer afterwards. It was around the mid 1980's I started hearing about leaving the collar. Enjoyable video, full of common sense and good practice, thank you
A major, MAJOR thanks to everyone who's put this together, I have never seen such a comprehensive & dense presentation on this subject I mean the sheer # of infographics I 'had to have' it's amazing thanks for putting this out there I will definitely try spreading it as best I can!!
Love this! i really wish the guys i work with would watch these videos. Half of what we do in tree care is kill suburban trees by topping... makes for a recurring customer when the removal comes but then the relationship kinda ends lol
Thank you for your comment. PlantAmnesty now offers online classes, with an opportunity to ask questions of instructors. Information on PlantAmnesty events and classes can be found at www.plantamnesty.org.
1:37 shows a pine similar to ours, however ours is much fuller and has not been thinned. Yesterday's Norcal storm brought gusts of 50-60 mph and we were really worried that our 60 foot pine could get toppled by the winds. When does a reasonable person decide to either thin out the tree within reason or cut the whole tree down because it poses a potential threat of falling onto the house and people potentially getting hurt or killed if the the roof collapses? Our tree is massive and it would crush part of the house. One of our coworkers had that happen a couple years ago and it took out a quarter of their house, luckily no one was hurt. I'm an experienced tree climber/arborist but cannot decide whether to pull the trigger on this tree and which approach to take. One thing I learned from your video is to never top a pine tree, as rot will set in and a dog leg leader will try to grow in place of the cut center trunk. Thanks for posting this invaluable information!
Thank God this video popped up. Wish i had found it a few months earlier. Gotta go inspect the damage ive done to my silver birches 😥. Hopefully not much.
Great info in these videos. One thing troubles me. Cass regularly says removal cuts are better for your tree than reduction cuts. No reason is given. And it is the exact opposite of the view of the world's authority on pruning, Dr. Ed Gilman. Most people only know removal cuts, and yet reduction cuts are more powerful in shaping and saving trees. One example: low limbs that will ultimately need to be removed; these should be saved as long as possible on a young tree using reduction cuts; limbs are what thicken the trunk and help feed the tree.
Meant to say that Cass does give Gilman's first pruning book a nice plug. His rule of thumb became roughly four or five reduction cuts for every two removal cuts.
I was watching these videos and thinking that she's clear in her presentation. She mentioned she has a book (Cass Turnbull's guide to pruning) so I went to see about buying it online. It gets very good reviews, but one of the reviewers said that the author is dead. Very sad to hear this. RIP.
What about if a large branch splits due to winter heavy snow? I have a mature catalpa umbrella tree that the center crown branch split vertically so I need to cut it off, but it will leave a big open space on the top (similar to what we see when the city cuts the trees down the center to avoid power lines.
She was literally sent from Mother Nature herself to help unleash our landscape trees true potential. The luckiest people are the first tree owners since everything the tree will become is determined by the first 15 years.
Exactly the same as if they were in the ground. Befire you think of method, think of objective. The reason for pruning will determine the method for pruning.
Alex Shigo is frequently called the father of modern arboriculture. Here is one of his videos explaining CODIT: ruclips.net/video/o6U-6uTAm-o/видео.html
@@fingerriddles Equilateral would always have a 60 degree angle. Isosceles will have two equal angles and an unmatched third one. It's isosceles rather than equilateral, because the angle between the trunk and the bark ridge won't always be 30° (bisection of an equilateral triangle).
I was up my tree thinking i was a bad ass by cutting it the right way but soon as i saw these videos i think i might have ruined a very beautiful tree and thats a bummer
Hi Miki, Many of our videos were made over a decade ago. Technology has improved considerably since then and we are trying to update them as we go along. Unfortunately, Cass is not here to re-record her instructions.
Lady is only highlighting the things on Pessimistic way. Every instance is about what is wrong. Why don't you show the correct way graphically for every example?
12:56 why anthropomorphic gender reference issues? Isn’t it all about perspective? I still don’t know from which perspective we call a tree branch crotch!
Hi John, I'm glad you got useful pruning information from our video. Cass was a force of nature and a character. Her passion brought PlantAmnesty into existence to help educate the public and professionals alike on proper pruning and to promote the preservation of urban greenspace. We understand that times have changed and the tone of our organization is changing as well. As resources allow, we are editing our videos to bring technical terms up to date and create new pruning videos with up to date technology and outlook.
Thanks you very much for this content. I'm an arborist student in France and your videos are more meaningful than the explainations found in books or classes. Glad to see your channel ;)
Her tone is so soothing, with just the right touch of information & humor, that I use this video to fall asleep at night. 😊
Great Job as I just found out I'm a tree killer. I now know the correct way to trim or prune my trees correctly!
we will call you the Grim Treeper
I just realized I did more harm than good yesterday.
My family never let's me forget.....
I started pruning in the mid 1970's and was taught to cut flush to the trunk and use sealer afterwards. It was around the mid 1980's I started hearing about leaving the collar. Enjoyable video, full of common sense and good practice, thank you
Very few ppl care about properly caring for trees. This is great information
A major, MAJOR thanks to everyone who's put this together, I have never seen such a comprehensive & dense presentation on this subject I mean the sheer # of infographics I 'had to have' it's amazing thanks for putting this out there I will definitely try spreading it as best I can!!
Thank you so much for this information, delivered in an eloquent and accessible manner.
Thank you for a very educational presentation, it’s obvious you’re very educated on the subject as well as we can see your love for trees!!
I love you! I also have to confess I actually loved my tree to death. I am trying to learn the right way so I can help the survivors in my yard.
Love this! i really wish the guys i work with would watch these videos. Half of what we do in tree care is kill suburban trees by topping... makes for a recurring customer when the removal comes but then the relationship kinda ends lol
Thank you so much for posting this wonderful oversight!
Thanks very informative. I own a small company here in Orange County, California great material God bless.
damn... never thought I would see this video and actually find a plant pruning video interesting... its actually a very informative video , thanks
Amazing ressoure, this is the best pruning video series I can find on YT, needs more views!
Thank you for your comment. PlantAmnesty now offers online classes, with an opportunity to ask questions of instructors. Information on PlantAmnesty events and classes can be found at www.plantamnesty.org.
this is a great presentation. thank you very much. i am learning a lot.
Fantastic series. Thank you!
1:37 shows a pine similar to ours, however ours is much fuller and has not been thinned. Yesterday's Norcal storm brought gusts of 50-60 mph and we were really worried that our 60 foot pine could get toppled by the winds. When does a reasonable person decide to either thin out the tree within reason or cut the whole tree down because it poses a potential threat of falling onto the house and people potentially getting hurt or killed if the the roof collapses? Our tree is massive and it would crush part of the house. One of our coworkers had that happen a couple years ago and it took out a quarter of their house, luckily no one was hurt. I'm an experienced tree climber/arborist but cannot decide whether to pull the trigger on this tree and which approach to take. One thing I learned from your video is to never top a pine tree, as rot will set in and a dog leg leader will try to grow in place of the cut center trunk. Thanks for posting this invaluable information!
Sometimes it's best to take it down and replant another tree in its place
Thank you so much for posting this!
I am much much more educated today. Thanks for this very helpful and informative video.
This is awesome! So much work and made so easy for us to learn. Thank you so much!
Great videos.. veri informative 👌
Thanks for the valuable information. This is very helpful.
20:00 However, dead wood can also be a home for many animals (and source of food for others).
Thank you so much 💓
Thank God this video popped up. Wish i had found it a few months earlier. Gotta go inspect the damage ive done to my silver birches 😥. Hopefully not much.
Great info in these videos. One thing troubles me. Cass regularly says removal cuts are better for your tree than reduction cuts. No reason is given. And it is the exact opposite of the view of the world's authority on pruning, Dr. Ed Gilman. Most people only know removal cuts, and yet reduction cuts are more powerful in shaping and saving trees. One example: low limbs that will ultimately need to be removed; these should be saved as long as possible on a young tree using reduction cuts; limbs are what thicken the trunk and help feed the tree.
Meant to say that Cass does give Gilman's first pruning book a nice plug. His rule of thumb became roughly four or five reduction cuts for every two removal cuts.
"The kind of pruning that trees want"
I was watching these videos and thinking that she's clear in her presentation. She mentioned she has a book (Cass Turnbull's guide to pruning) so I went to see about buying it online. It gets very good reviews, but one of the reviewers said that the author is dead. Very sad to hear this. RIP.
What about if a large branch splits due to winter heavy snow? I have a mature catalpa umbrella tree that the center crown branch split vertically so I need to cut it off, but it will leave a big open space on the top (similar to what we see when the city cuts the trees down the center to avoid power lines.
Do you recommend any current books on pruning/trimming?
Thank you so much, this old student has taken copius notes
Good information
woaw that super interesting ! thank you
Incredible channel
She was literally sent from Mother Nature herself to help unleash our landscape trees true potential. The luckiest people are the first tree owners since everything the tree will become is determined by the first 15 years.
how do you prune fruit trees that are growing in pots
Exactly the same as if they were in the ground. Befire you think of method, think of objective. The reason for pruning will determine the method for pruning.
@@alonsogarcia1990 the reason for pruning is to make sure that it flowers and yield fruits
you should put a link to your book in the description (:
This is awesome
This woman tells it like it is!!!!
8:19 TREE TRUNK and Branch wood.
1:50 these trees look like the Whomping Willow from Harry Potter. Now I know why the tree was so angry.
You know there is more types of trees then a conifer right?
Most of the trees I see here are broadleaf trees, I don’t understand your comment.
whats the name of the scientist?
Alex Shigo is frequently called the father of modern arboriculture. Here is one of his videos explaining CODIT: ruclips.net/video/o6U-6uTAm-o/видео.html
Wow. Random lesson. But wow... So informative.
Oops, I think one of my trees is about to have a “fright”, I got a bit carried away. Figured I better watch this course again to refresh my memory.
You take some and leave some.
Can you put some videos Apple tree pruning I want single stam tree
Learning to prune my chinese elm tree
7:34 the moment I realised why bits of my tree is dying off.
It's an isosceles triangle not equilateral
It could be equilateral....it looks about a 60 degree angle in the drawing.
@@fingerriddles Equilateral would always have a 60 degree angle. Isosceles will have two equal angles and an unmatched third one. It's isosceles rather than equilateral, because the angle between the trunk and the bark ridge won't always be 30° (bisection of an equilateral triangle).
I was up my tree thinking i was a bad ass by cutting it the right way but soon as i saw these videos i think i might have ruined a very beautiful tree and thats a bummer
Please use a pointer next time to make it easy to follow through.
Hi Miki, Many of our videos were made over a decade ago. Technology has improved considerably since then and we are trying to update them as we go along. Unfortunately, Cass is not here to re-record her instructions.
Some of these trees look like they are being cut back because of power lines.
Lady is only highlighting the things on Pessimistic way. Every instance is about what is wrong. Why don't you show the correct way graphically for every example?
12:56 why anthropomorphic gender reference issues? Isn’t it all about perspective? I still don’t know from which perspective we call a tree branch crotch!
isosceles triangle*
The info is extremely helpful, but the tone and tenor is not.
Hi John, I'm glad you got useful pruning information from our video. Cass was a force of nature and a character. Her passion brought PlantAmnesty into existence to help educate the public and professionals alike on proper pruning and to promote the preservation of urban greenspace. We understand that times have changed and the tone of our organization is changing as well. As resources allow, we are editing our videos to bring technical terms up to date and create new pruning videos with up to date technology and outlook.
I respectfully disagree. 🙂