Pruning

Heading Cuts: shorten limbs and increases branching and bushiness

1st cut on a new tree sapling is a heading cut to create scaffold limbs
outside buds (ones pointing away from the interior of the tree) become outwardly limbs.

Thinning Cuts: removes branches or shoots at the point of origin.

= subtracting branches and redirects energy to the remaining branches

= reduces crowding and opens the interior of the tree to light and air

** most pruning cuts are thinning cuts

Summer Pruning: around the solstice or midpoint in the annual growth cycle it will remove resources and keep a tree small

Winter Pruning: best for big structural changes and if you want a really enthusiastic response

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