Do You Know Anything About Trees ?

[Cataholic]

I would leaf it alone right now. LOL.

Call your county extension service or local reputable gardening store. Or call 550 this Saturday, the gardening program is on 7 to 12 I think!

[lizbud]

I would leaf it alone right now. LOL.

hee hee I think I will leaf it for now, it's soooooooo humid outside
I think I'd melt.

Thanks for the comments guys.

[Bonny]

Then the trees will live to see another day.

[Karen]

If they have many other branches, removing a few lower-hanging ones will not kill the tree. Pick a cooler day and you can do the trim, just make sure to be nice to the tree afterwards, and make sure it gets water and fertilizer to help it "recover" - if you don't want to wait until November to do it, the sooner the better so it has the rest of the growing season to heal and store more energy.

[Bonny]

Seriously, I would not cut anything on those trees till Jan or Feb if they are oak trees. In my area it is early March in zone 4 when can cut back fruit trees, maples, ash, etc. . You will stress them out & set them back if you do it now. Check with your state extension service before you do anything. pretty please.

[Karen]

She never said they were oak trees! And I have cut back branches on several different kinds of trees this time of year to no ill effect. (Ash, maple, oak, etc.) In fact, one oak tree we thought was dead that was much older than the sapling Liz described. It sprang back to life after we chopped off all but 4 1/2 feet of the 3-inch-thick trunk!

We moved into this house in May 13 years ago, so did a lot of pruning, plating etc in June even though it was not recommended. We wanted lawn instead of dirt, and to beat back some of the overgrowth.

[pomtzu]

My father would never prune till Fall, and when he did, he painted the cut with something that resembled tar, but I really have no idea what it was.

Over the years, I have pruned plenty of trees and shrubs in the Spring and early Summer, and never painted the cut with anything. I also never had any problems with the trees when doing it that way.