Deadwooding, Crown Cleaning and Thinning

As a tree matures it is completely natural for it to produce dead and dying wood. The general process of ‘dead wooding’ is to remove dead, dying and diseased branches through out the crown.

The simply purpose of this is to make what’s known as the impact area (directly beneath the trees canopy) a safer environment to be in, so there is no chance of any limb shedding or falling from the trees canopy.

Whilst removing the dead wood from the tree it is also really made compulsory that crown cleaning will be included with in the pruning operation. Thus meaning any crossing, rubbing and damaged branches are removed too.

Crown Thinning involves the selective removal of some inner and outer branches evenly throughout the trees crown. This is an effective method of allowing light to travel through the crown and allows air/wind to travel throughout the canopy rather than against it without altering the trees’ natural shape. This also means the tree can be reduced by thinning improving the stability of the larger limbs by removing some its foliage. This is normally worked out by percentages of the canopy. So a 10% thin would be a minor thin ( 1 branch out of every 10) where as a more realistic figure to make a difference would be 30-35%.

The tree works carried out by Absolute Arborists for us have always been to a high standard showing experience and dedication”.

Lee Joseph
WCE Network Services