Lawn Care, Landscaping business. How to prune a tree branch or limb for your landscape customers.
Posted by admin on Oct 23, 2009
www.StartALawnCareBusiness.com Today we are talking about how to properly prune a limb off a tree. In today’s example, we have a branch that has been damaged. The bark is peeling away from the subwood. The entire limb is dead and needs to be pruned off to maintain the health of the tree. This limb is joined at a collared union. The bark of the tree poofs out as the limb come out of the tree. The poofed out part is the collar. All cuts at a collared union should be on the branch side of the …
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holy crap just use a chainsaw who gives a shit
Very good tutorial. No wonder I’ve always had trouble with cutting off branches. I believe I get the problem with “tearing” you speak of. It would just get to a point where I would have to bend it backwards and forward with my hands to snap it off.
Thanks for making this tutorial. It’s really helpful and I appreciate it!
thanks for this vid, well done