Ok, I just pruned a big old pear tree 'Napoleon'...It was about 40' tall and just as wide, thick crowded canopy with lots of crossing and tangled branches deadwood... I took about 20%...it appears in good health, lots of growth up top and long pendulous lower branches, again thick and crowded.
Now the light can get in and the deadwood is gone, summer has only just kicked in, tree is in full leaf...now I'm second guessing, should I have left it till it was dormant?
Next question, how about Sycamore? Its never been pruned, lots of duplicated branches, fair bit of deadwood...healthy
I'm used to being able to prune almost any time of the year, what's the norm for temperate trees?
Now the light can get in and the deadwood is gone, summer has only just kicked in, tree is in full leaf...now I'm second guessing, should I have left it till it was dormant?
Next question, how about Sycamore? Its never been pruned, lots of duplicated branches, fair bit of deadwood...healthy
I'm used to being able to prune almost any time of the year, what's the norm for temperate trees?