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- Cutting Field Maple - Instructions for Tree Cutting
- Best time is in winter - tips for choosing an appointment
- Cut field maple step by step - That's how it works
- Cut off thick branches perfectly - How to do it right
- Tips
After the leaves are dropped in autumn, the field maple can be cut
Cutting Field Maple - Instructions for Tree Cutting
Field maple is a master of floral transformation. The native maple species thrives as well as a hedge as an imposing solitaire. This manual focuses on the expert tree-cutting on the scaleholder with tips for the right time.
Best time is in winter - tips for choosing an appointment
In the course of its rapid growth, a field maple sometimes loses its decorative crown shape. At least at a young age, therefore, a pruning is inevitable. Among the numerous advantages of an Acer campestre is the flexible appointment choice. These options are available:
It is important to note that it does not freeze during the day or that the sun is shining. Ideally, there is a mild, covered and dry weather.
Cut field maple step by step - That's how it works
The main section in autumn or late winter initially targets the deadwood. Cut off dead, stunted, and inside of the crown at the base. Do not let stubs stand, because here diseases and pests find a coveted attack surface. Use scissors or saw so that the astring is not injured.
A lighted-up crown makes it easier to decide to what extent the branches should be shortened. Take a freshly sharpened, disinfected lopper to hand. Make every cut a short distance to a leaf node. With this cut, you wake sleeping eyes out of the slumber, so that they expire on time next spring vital.
Cut off thick branches perfectly - How to do it right
When cutting thick branches there is a risk of injury to the gardener and the tree. In garden practice, a step-by-step approach to "salami tactics" has worked well. Saw the twig about 10 inches from the trunk, from bottom to top, about 2 centimeters deep. Now set the saw 15 cm above the top and cut until the branch breaks.
Finally, saw off the remaining stump on Astring and flatten the cut with a sharp knife.
Tips
The ball field maple (Acer campestre "Nanum") is popular with home gardeners, because it is much cut compatible than a ball maple (Acer platanoides "Globosum"). A ball maple receives only in exceptional cases an extensive cut, because the tree tends to bleed. With this shortcoming, a refined ball field maple is not burdened.