Best time to prune Oak.

[jamesfwpurdy]

Hi everyone, just a quick question about when to prune branches on Large Oak trees.

 

I had decided to do it when I coppiced our hornbeam thinking it was a similar idea, when the sap is down etc. My father (owner of the trees so best keep him happy) read somewhere that its best to take the branches off when they are activly growing.

 

I am now confused about when to do it as I don't want to damage the tree by doing it incorrectly.

 

Any advice would be great thankyou.

[RobArb]

Oaks don't need pruning.

 

:lol:

 

Sent from Rob's GalaxySII

[Pat Ferrett]

When ever Im asked

[Mark Bolam]

I rest my case, Your Honour....

[jamesfwpurdy]

Is that a serious "Oaks don't need pruning"?

I hope to chop back a large branch that hangs over the field to hopefully (he says in a purely experimental "got an idea in my head gonna do it" way) to let more light through to an area for planting ash to be cut for firewood in ten or more years.

[Mark Bolam]

I am serious.

 

The Oak doesn't 'need' pruning.

 

You need the Oak pruning to achieve some goal that has nothing to do with the Oak!

 

You should have said! Confused? You've come to the right website mate.

 

Welcome.

[arbogrunt]

best time to prune an oak...just after I've sharpened my saw

 

there are of course recommended times to prune and not to prune..the reality is, if you don't get on with it, someone else will. Fair enough with some species that bleed when cut at certain times of year, otherwise...crack on!

[Pat Ferrett]

best time to prune an oak...just after I've sharpened my saw

 

there are of course recommended times to prune and not to prune..the reality is, if you don't get on with it, someone else will. Fair enough with some species that bleed when cut at certain times of year, otherwise...crack on!

 

Well said

[Le Sanglier]

best time to prune an oak...just after I've sharpened my saw

 

there are of course recommended times to prune and not to prune..the reality is, if you don't get on with it, someone else will. Fair enough with some species that bleed when cut at certain times of year, otherwise...crack on!

 

yep, that's about it.

[treeseer]

It depends on the objective.

 

If you want to reduce the tree's growth, late summer.

 

If you want to spur regrowth, late winter.

 

If you are not sure why, don't do it at all--or do it at 5:11 p.m.

[arbogrunt]

I have to admit, they only time I prune trees at certain times to achieve growing objectives is when I do my own ones!