- Standard prune and deadwood
The removal of all dead, crowded, diseased, and weak limbs from the crown of the tree.
- Elevation
The removal of select lower limbs to allow for visual and physical clearance beneath the crown.
- Crown thinning
The selective removal of limbs to allow for the penetration of sunlight and the passing of air through the crown. This technique alleviates stress by reducing weight on heavy limbs and letting wind pass through like an open window instead of the sail effect.
- Juvenile pruning
The pruning of young trees is the most cost effective time to eliminate unwanted co-dominant stems and poor scaffold branching that could become problematic and costly in the future.