I'm a new homeowner and a tree care rookie. I have a few types of pines in my back yard, ranging from 15 feet to 30, that some of the lower branches have no needles on them. I would like to remove these branches for a better ascetic look. Am I able to do that or is it better for the trees to just leave them be?
Pine tree pruning?
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Sounds like something I would remove.
Sounds like something I would remove.
Whenever I hear a new client has lower limbs on a "pine" he wants removed they end up to be a Spruce or Fir with needle cast or cytospora canker.
Clearly identify what you have and why those lower limbs died, and we can point you in the right direction. Pictures will help.
Clearly identify what you have and why those lower limbs died, and we can point you in the right direction. Pictures will help.
Phileroo
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Probably be best to remove them. With a proper cut it should help the tree seal over the wound/dead area faster. Pictures wouldn't hurt though.
Excellent response!
Thanks for all your responses. Here are some pics of the pines in question. I tried to get some of the whole trees, and some close ups of the problem limbs.
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Red cedar. Go ahead and remove the lower branches.
Just as was suspected, not pines. Yes you can remove the lower dead branches.
Now is a good time to prune.
We take off cedar branches any time of year with no ill effects.
Yes Red Cedars.
Just an observation as well, I see and large deciduous tree very close to those ring of cedars, actually in the center of the circle of them as well a cedar that is less than a foot from the tree.
Was that planned that way? because those will eventually grow fairly tall and are quite close to that tree and need room to spread out their branches
Personally, I wouldn't have planted them that close as to block out the other deciduous tree.
Typically you wouldn't plant cedars closer than 5 feet from one another or any other trees.
Of course it's your yard though, but you can google some links to cedars and cedar care.
Just an observation as well, I see and large deciduous tree very close to those ring of cedars, actually in the center of the circle of them as well a cedar that is less than a foot from the tree.
Was that planned that way? because those will eventually grow fairly tall and are quite close to that tree and need room to spread out their branches
Personally, I wouldn't have planted them that close as to block out the other deciduous tree.
Typically you wouldn't plant cedars closer than 5 feet from one another or any other trees.
Of course it's your yard though, but you can google some links to cedars and cedar care.
ropensaddle
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Yes its Juniper or red cedar lol prune any time bugs wont mess with cedar however leave a small stub or read here about proper cuts but a 1 inch stob won't hurt it either as it takes time learning to make the cut right https://gunnisoncountygardening.wor...per-techniques-for-pruning-branches-on-trees/
