Punning...Personal preferences on how to

[jasonlandscape]

hey i know everyone has a certain way of prunning shrubs and i know there is a correct way too.

i just wanted to see how all of you guys like to prune.

if i can, i won't touch gas shears except for compact hollys and shrubs alike
and when i do use shears i do a mushroom head....wider on the bottom

i like to hand prune everything else with my felco's

In my opinion if done right from the start its faster, nicer, more natural looking, and less messy.
oh yeah, also less chance for fungus or disease

[joshua]

look into buying a nice pair of loppers.
1 never take of more than 1/3 of the leaves
2 always have the blade on the bottom side of the branch ( this will prevent the bark from tearing
3 ( hard to explain ) identify the branch collar and make the cut there ( this will help the tree to form Calais wood faster )
4 always prune out the 3ds ( dead, dying and diseased branches )
5 limbs under a .25'' are for hand shears, branches under a .5'' are for loppers , anything bigger chainsaw

[PerfectEarth]

Yup, stihl trimmers only touch boxwood, taxus, holly, grasses.... Felcos and Felco loppers on roses, hydrangea, obviously tree limbs and thinning, viburnums, we could go on and on... I have used gas trimmers on massive patches of Azalea- to take off too much top growth, not to shape them.

I like small scissors on juniper topiary and tight stuff.

[Marcos]

It seems that there's two threads going on simultaneously right now about pruning shrubs; and both of them are unfortunatly mis-spelled in the title !!! :laugh:

For providing the best health of the plants you prune, and for the best quality long-term service to your customers, I recommend following the advice on the first few blogs on this thread :

Prunning....how you guys do it?

[jasonlandscape]

It seems that there's two threads going on simultaneously right now about pruning shrubs; and both of them are unfortunatly mis-spelled in the title !!! :laugh:

For providing the best health of the plants you prune, and for the best quality long-term service to your customers, I recommend following the advice on the first few blogs on this thread :

Prunning....how you guys do it?

haha yeah i put it in one forum and thought that it was the wrong forum so i put it on this forum to.

hhmm i guess somethin is wrong with my r key