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Vent: A landscaper told me my pruning was too clean
I was out on a job last week trimming a big oak for a homeowner, and their landscaper buddy was there doing some other work. He comes over and says I'm doing too clean of cuts, that trees heal better with a little stub left. I tried to explain branch collar and proper cuts but he wasn't having it. Said he's been doing trees 20 years. Made me second guess myself for a second but I looked it up later and my method is right. Has anyone else run into landscapers giving bad tree advice?
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mila_perry131mo ago
Yeah I used to leave stubs too til I learned about collar cuts.
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amy1545d ago
Dont you think a stub that rots and invites disease is worse than a clean cut? Ive seen plenty of trees where stubs were left and they just turned into decay magnets over time. Landscapers know grass and shrubs but a lot of them dont really understand tree biology the way arborists do. Your method with the branch collar is the industry standard for a reason, its what the research backs up. Stick with what you know, that guy was just stuck in his old habits.
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