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How Not to Prune a Tree

Large branch stubs invite slow death of topped trees.
 
Topping is a costly and ineffective solution for these interfering trees.
 
Decay beginning in branch stubs may spread into the main trunk.
 
Topping disfigures trees and lower their value.
 
Do not plant large growing trees beneath power lines.
 
The wood of a new limb that sprouts is weakly attached.

 

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