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Tree Pruning: the Basics! Pruning Objectives! 1/12/15! Tree Pruning: The Basics! Pruning Objectives! Improve Plant Health! Safety! Aesthetics! Bess Bronstein! [email protected] Direct Growth! Pruning Trees Increase Flowers & Fruit! Remember-! Leaf, Bud & Branch Arrangement! ! Plants have a genetically predetermined size. Pruning cant solve all problems. So, plant the right plant in the right way in the right place.! Pruning Trees Pruning Trees 1! 1/12/15! One year old MADCap Horse, Ole!! Stem & Buds! Two years old Three years old Internode Maple! Ash! Horsechestnut! Dogwood! Oleaceae! Node Caprifoliaceae! Most plants found in these genera and families have opposite leaf, bud and branch arrangement.! Pruning Trees Pruning Trees One year old Node & Internode! Stem & Buds! Two years old Three years old Internode Node! • Buds, leaves and branches arise here! Bud scale scars - indicates yearly growth Internode! and tree vigor! • Stem area between Node nodes! Pruning Trees Pruning Trees 2! 1/12/15! One year old Stem & Buds! Two years old Dormant Buds! Three years old Internode Bud scale scars - indicates yearly growth and tree vigor! Node Latent bud - inactive lateral buds at nodes! Latent! Adventitious" Adventitious bud! - found in unexpected areas (roots, stems)! Pruning Trees Pruning Trees One year old Epicormic Growth! Stem & Buds! Two years old Three years old Growth from dormant buds, either latent or adventitious. Internode These branches are weakly attached.! Axillary (lateral) bud - found along branches below tips! Bud scale scars - indicates yearly growth and tree vigor! Node Latent bud - inactive lateral buds at nodes! Adventitious bud! Watersprouts! Suckers! - found in unexpected areas (roots, stems)! Pruning Trees Pruning Trees 3! 1/12/15! One year old Axillary (Lateral) Buds! Stem & Buds! Two years old Three years old Internode Apical (terminal) bud Axillary (lateral) bud - found along branches below tips! Bud scale scars - indicates yearly growth and tree vigor! Node Latent bud - inactive lateral buds at nodes! Adventitious bud! - found in unexpected areas (roots, stems)! Pruning Trees Pruning Trees Apical Dominance! Apical (Terminal) Bud! ! • Found at branch tips! • Contains primary meristem" The apical (terminal) bud contains the apical meristem, which contains plant hormones called auxins that inhibit growth of lateral buds.! Pruning Trees Pruning Trees 4! 1/12/15! When apical dominance is broken by injury (storms, Woody Plant Tissues: Xylem! animals, etc.) or pruning, lateral and dormant buds Heartwood! fight to become the new terminal leader.! Sapwood Heartwood Bark ! Phloem (living) • provides structural Cork backbone! cambium ! Cork Sapwood! ! • conducts water and nutrients from roots throughout the tree! Vascular ! Pruning Trees Pruning Trees cambium Woody Plant Tissues: Vascular Cambium! Woody Plant Tissues: Bark (Inner)! Sapwood Heartwood Bark Phloem (living)! Phloem (living) ! • conducts Cork food from cambium the leaves Cork throughout the plant! ! This is a secondary (lateral) meristem that allows for increase in xylem and phloem tissues, as well as cambium cells. The result is increased stem and trunk diameter.! Vascular Pruning Trees Pruning Trees cambium 5! 1/12/15! Woody Plant Tissues: Bark (Outer)! Annual Growth Rings! Bark Cork! Sapwood Heartwood ! Phloem (living) • protection ! Cork Cork cambium! cambium ! Cork • cambium cells present in some species increase cork ! Earlywood (Springwood)! Latewood (Summerwood)! • First new wood in spring! • Growth later in summer! • Large cells with thin cell walls! • Small cells with thicker cell walls! • Light in color • Dark in color Vascular Pruning Trees cambium Pruning Trees Vascular Rays! Tree Structure Trunk! ! Crown! • leaders! • scaffold branches! • lateral branches! • spur shoots! • twigs! ! Epicormics! • suckers! Vascular rays transport sugars and other compounds • watersprouts! radially through vascular tissues, store starch, and assist in restricting decay in wood tissue.! Pruning Trees Pruning Trees 6! 1/12/15! Tree Form! Branches! Lateral branches! Scaffold branches! Decurrent! Excurrent! Pruning Trees Pruning Trees Branch Wood & Trunk Wood! Branch Wood and Trunk Wood! Photos by Edward F. Gilman, Professor, Environmental Horticulture Department, IFAS, University of Florida Pruning Trees Pruning Trees ! 7! 1/12/15! Branch Collar & Branch Bark Ridge! Branch Bark Ridge! Branch collar with no visible branch bark ridge! Branch Collar! Branch Collar! Photo by Edward F. Gilman, Professor, Environmental Horticulture Department, IFAS, University of Florida! Photo by Edward F. Gilman, Professor, Environmental Horticulture Pruning Trees Department, IFAS, University of Florida! Pruning Trees Types of Branch Attachments! Codominants & Included Bark! • strong attachments have smaller branches (branch wood) secured in larger branches or trunks (trunk wood)! • trunk wood forms a branch collar around the branch wood, and a branch bark ridge is often visible! • codominant stems are poorly attached! • included bark forms both in codominant and narrow angled attachments! Illustrations by Edward F. Gilman, Professor, Environmental Horticulture Pruning Trees Department, IFAS, University of Florida! Pruning Trees 8! 1/12/15! Acute Angle of Attachment! Branch Protection Zone! • a branch protection zone forms at the base of branches that are small in comparison to the trunk! ! • codominant stems have no branch protection zone! Photos by Edward F. Gilman, Professor, Environmental Horticulture Department, IFAS, University of Florida! Illustrations by Edward F. Gilman, Professor, Environmental Horticulture Pruning Trees Pruning Trees Department, IFAS, University of Florida! Codominants with included bark (and decay) ! Included bark due to acute attachment ! Photo by Edward F. Gilman, Professor, Environmental Horticulture Department, IFAS, University of Florida! Photo by Edward F. Gilman, Professor, Environmental Horticulture Department, IFAS, University of Florida! Pruning Trees Pruning Trees 9! 1/12/15! Pruning Cut: Heading! • localized response! • ‘hydra effect! • leaves stubs! • cut to a node ! !(selective heading)! ! • reduction cut! !(selective heading)! ! • shearing ! !(non-selective heading)! ! • topping! Photo by Edward F. Gilman, Professor, Environmental Horticulture Department, IFAS, University of Florida! !(non-selective heading)! Photos by Edward F. Gilman, Professor, Environmental Horticulture Department, IFAS, University of Florida! Pruning Trees Pruning Trees Pruning Cut Types Reduction Cut! HEADING CUT ● THINNING CUT ● REDUCTION CUT • localized response! • ‘hydra effect! • leaves stubs Pruning Trees Pruning Trees 10! 1/12/15! Reduction Cut! Reduction Cut! Cut the stem to a If the lateral branch is too lateral branch large small of a diameter, epicormic enough to assume the shoots will develop.! terminal leader role.! ! (at least 1/3 to 1/2 the diameter of the removed stem)! Photos by Edward F. Gilman, Professor, Environmental Horticulture Department, IFAS, University of Florida Pruning Trees Pruning Trees ! Pruning Cut Types Pruning Cut Types HEADING CUT ● ReductionTHINNING HEADINGCUT Cut ●! REDUCTION CUT ● THINNING CUT CUT ● REDUCTIONHeading or CUT Reduction Cut?! Heading Reduction Cut here Cut to a node Lateral branch remains Illustrations by Edward F. Gilman, Professor, Environmental Horticulture Department, IFAS, University of Florida! Pruning Trees Pruning Trees 11! 1/12/15! Topping! Shearing! • cuts through several years • use on plants with small old wood! leaves that are tough ! enough to take it! • ugly ! ! ! • • some large leaf plants OK! doesn’t work to reduce height; plant responds with ! new, poorly attached stems! • formal look! ! ! • unhealthy; opens tree to • non-selective heading! decay! ! • expensive to maintain! ! Photos by Edward F. Gilman, Professor, Environmental Horticulture Department, IFAS, Pruning Trees Pruning Trees University of Florida! Pruning Trees Pruning Trees 12! 1/12/15! Thinning! Before & After Thinning! • cut to branchs point of origin! ! • preserves apical dominance! ! • natural look! ! • cut outside of branch collar! Photos by Edward F. Gilman, Professor, Environmental Horticulture Department, IFAS, University of Florida! • cut smaller laterals • open and natural off main stems looking Photo by Edward F. Gilman, Professor, Environmental Horticulture Department, Pruning Trees IFAS, University of Florida! Pruning Trees How to Make a Thinning Cut! Cut #2 Cut #3 • cut just outside the branch collar! Cut #1 Branch bark ridge • the branch collar is kept intact! Branch collar Photo by Edward F. Gilman, Professor, Environmental Horticulture Department, IFAS, University of Florida! Photo by Edward F. Gilman, Professor, Environmental Horticulture Department, IFAS, • locate branch collar (use branch bark ridge for guidance)! University of Florida! Pruning Trees Pruning Trees 13! 1/12/15! Callus & Woundwood! Pruning technique: no visible branch collar! symmetrical formation indicates proper cut! Illustrations by Edward F. Gilman, Professor, Environmental Horticulture Department, IFAS, University of Florida! Pruning Trees Pruning Trees CODIT: compartmentalization of decay in trees! • plants can limit, or wall off, decay that sets in after wounding! ! • plants dont HEAL, they chemically SEAL off damage! ! • CODIT works best on young wood (1-3 yrs.)! ! • species vary in successful compartmentalization! ! • 4 walls form to varying degrees of success! asymmetrical formation indicates cut into trunk wood! Pruning Trees Pruning Trees 14! 1/12/15! Wall 2: pre-existing defense
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