I have a half dozen trees in my yard that I have been diligently trying to prune for strong central leaders. The tallest is a 30 foot tall London plane tree. It still has a strong central leader all the way at the top, but there are a few narrow branch angles near the top. At what height do I quit trying to prune codominant leads and remove narrow branch angles?
I also have an autumn blaze maple that seems to only produce codominant leads. Pruning for a strong central leader, and getting rid of narrow branch angles feels like a full-time job. Let me know which branches in the market that photos you think I should prune?
by Lonely-Pomegranate44
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3 – 6 on the maple.
The sycamore doesn’t look too bad to me, but if you’re worried you could thin it out slightly.
All of them are looking great. That plane tree is beautiful!
My general rule when training is if I see a branch that’s more than 1/3 the diameter of its point of origin I’ll snip a bit off to slow it down. You’ll go crazy trying to micromanage height of limbs on an autumn blaze