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Hi, would this be the right time of year to prune oak?

Trees are young 5+ year old.

Some are nice straight trunk and a lot have several dominant leaders.

Some are also sending out growth from ground like suckers.

Conflicting info online. Any good guide online please.

Thank you for any advice.

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If it's for timber, the time of pruning is relevant for at least 2 reasons. As treesrus said, they heal over fast. 2nd thing is if you do during full leaf in summer, the shade in place helps stop regrowth of shoots exactly where you just pruned them off. As I understand it, anyway.

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Hi, would this be the right time of year to prune oak?

Trees are young 5+ year old.

Some are nice straight trunk and a lot have several dominant leaders.

Some are also sending out growth from ground like suckers.

Conflicting info online. Any good guide online please.

Thank you for any advice.

 

I would think Oak suckers are very rare:confused1: Can you take a photo? Has anyone else seen it? I don't think I have.

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