How do I prune this tree?!

[APC]

Pinus wallichana?

[chrisgilltreesurgery]

I would recommend remove and replant

[chrisgilltreesurgery]

Ill even come and help out

[Poda Girona]

Why does it need pruning at all? Looks nice to me and very healthy.

 

If any pruning at all id go for removal of secondary growth to thin the crown.

 

Asking how to prune this tree is like asking how do I fix a car, im not at all being funny I would like to know why the tree needs work. If its too big for its location then a reduction, if its causing too much shade then a thin etc etc...

 

Cheers

 

Chris

 

Thanx for your reply! If it's not necessary, I won't prune. But here the lower limbs start to outgrow the trunk and I don't know how the branch union will hold under extreme conditions. Occasionally there is a bit of snow in the winter here! Three years ago there we had 10 cm of snow, damaging over 50% of the trees.

[Marc Lewis]

Yes, the needles are in pairs of 2/3/4.

 

How do you mean the needles are in pairs of 2/3/4? Do you mean they are pairs on their own, 2 pairs, 3 pairs, 4 pairs?

 

The needles themselves should be in pairs, 3's or 5's.

[Craig Johnson]

if you don't have to prune don't, or possibly some retrenchment pruning on the co-dom stems. cant see any benefit to doing a reduction.

[Craig Johnson]

p.s. I would not be worried that you might get some snow and it might do some damage, if we all pruned/felled trees for this reason then our gardens and city's would be naked of trees. enjoy the tree, sit in the shade and have a txakoli

[Ian C]

Looks a good healthy tree to me, no real reason to prune it imo.

 

Pruning for no reason can lead to more problems than you have now.

[arbmark]

Pinus wallichana?

 

thats what i thought or maybe montezuma

 

If you do decide to reduce it, it will take some time to do it well, allow for that in your pricing, there will be some secateur work! definitely do not remove the low laterals, that would look awful.

 

i think i would go for a bit of a thin, about 20%, reducing any slender extending growth

 

good luck

[Poda Girona]

How do you mean the needles are in pairs of 2/3/4? Do you mean they are pairs on their own, 2 pairs, 3 pairs, 4 pairs?

 

The needles themselves should be in pairs, 3's or 5's.

 

Sorry, my first reply was an inaccurate guess as I didn't have a sample , but you are correct; I rechecked and it's pairs of 5.