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Thinning The Tree vs Raising The Canopy

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of the surrounding trees, shrubs or lawn by allowing more air movement and sunlight penetration.Raising a canopy or tree crown is the most common form of tree pruning. It’s what you do when

raising should also be done slowly as the tree grows starting when the tree is young until it reaches maturity. Raising the canopy on a large mature tree can be very stressful on the tree and create

raising, there should be a clear objective in where or what the lowest permanent branch will be on

plan can be created in order to slowly prune to meet that height over time as the tree grows. Small-er pruning wounds are always desirable.