PRUNING Flashcards
What is the following tool called?
Hand Pruners
What is the name of the following tool?
Loppers
What is the name of the following tool?
Hedge Shears
Less Than 1/_ inch in diameter
What diameter tree do Hand Pruners cut?
Less Than 1/4” in diameter.
Up to 1/_ inch in diameter
What diameter branch do Loppers cut?
Branches up to 1/2” in diameter.
What diameter trunk do you use an ‘ABC’ trunk on?
Branch over a 1 1/2” diameter
Until the saw __.
How long do you spend on cut A?
Until the saw binds.
2 - _ inches
How far beyond do you cut the “B” cut from cut “A” when doing the ABC cut?
2 - 4 inches
A reduction cut removes a stem back to the lateral branch that is at least _/_ the diameter of the cut stem.
1/3
Reduction Cuts are used to reduce the __ of a stem or branch.
Length
A Heading Cut is a cut that prunes a shoot no more than _ years old back to the bud.
2
How do you remove dead branches?
Cut to the place where the live tissue begins - do NOT cut into the branch collar.
__ the canopy. Increasing the light and __ movement
What is the purpose of Selective Thinning?
Opens the plant canopy - increasing light and air movement.
Removing branches back to the point _ __ to another branch.
What does “Selective Thinning” refer to?
Removing branches back to the point of attachment to another branch.
Heading cuts should only be used on formal __.
Hedges
Heading cuts remove parts of a _ or _.
Stem or Branch
N__ S__
Heading Cuts result in multiple __ __ just below the cut.
New Shoots
What is “Florida Fancy”?
__ trunk / No _ or open injuries / Crown is __ / Root Ball is a __ size.
1) Single
2) Cuts
3) Full
4) Adequate
What is Florida #1?
Requires SOME __ / Minor trunk __ / Double __ in __ Half of tree/ Easily corrected with 1 to 2 prunings
1) Pruning
2) Injuries
3) Leader / Top
What is Florida #2?
Mishapen - Requires __ pruning / Defects may take several __ to correct / __ Leader on __ half of the tree
1) Major
2) Years
3) Double / Bottom
Plants with defects that are not __ / Have __ structure / __ Wounds / __ Roots
What are Culls?
Plant with defects that are not correctable / Have poor structure / Open Wounds / Circling Roots
