The spruce is an evergreen tree and needs to be crop either just before or just after new maturation appears . If pruning just after new growth appears , endeavor to prune before the new needle have fully developed . Because of the sticky nature of evergreen pitch , no picture is required on cut branches . Always cut evergreen branches back to the leaf node on the trunk or on the arm from which the cutting is produce . leave behind the node when cut . Always be aware of the shape of the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree you are cutting and cut as much for flesh as for cutting reasons .

Step 1

bring down all dead or pathological branches or any which have break . If a branch is larger than 1 1/2 in in diameter , use the three - cut method acting of removing the branch . get down by make a cut on the underside of the arm about 3 inches farther out on the offset than you wish the final cut to be . This underside baseball swing should be no more than halfway through the branch . Choose a top - side daub approximately 3 inches farther out than your underside cutting and cut straight down from the top of the branch all the way through . Just before you have slew all the way through the offshoot will belike separate off , just at the item of your underside baseball swing . The underside baseball swing foreclose the barque from ripping down the tree . Now simply burn off the 6 - inch pulpit flush with a branch thickening .

Step 2

Cut off all ramification which are growing downwards .

Step 3

Cut all branches which are spring up sideways through the canopy . This will launch the canopy to light and air . Cut branch that are rubbing together .

Step 4

Cut the tip of branches which are develop so long that they are interfering with a pleasing shape for the spruce Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . Your spruce should look like a pyramid , with longer branches on the bottom and with unretentive branches as thetree tapersupward .

Step 5

Top your spruce Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree ( cut the tip of the main bole ) only if you wish well to prevent your Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree from produce any improbable and wish it to bush out . Never thin more than 1/3 of the entire height of the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree off the top . Cut just above a branching guest .

Tip

Wear old wearable when cut any spruce as the sap from the spruce can be difficult to remove from clothing .

Warning

Wear mitt and optic goggles whenever cutting a spruce as the needles can easily puncture an eye .

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