TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Tree topping used to be a widely practiced form of tree maintenance. It involves removing branches from the tops of the trees, reducing those branches to stumps. It is one of the ...

Tree topping is the practice of removing an entire top portion of a tree, including parts of the trunk, leader branches, as well as small branches. It is a practice going back a hundred years or more, ...

An unsatisfactory approach to tree maintenance or pruning is “topping” it. Topping is the indiscriminant removal of branches of a tree above an arbitrary height, leaving unnatural, grotesque stubs and ...

Q. Many times I have read, “Never top a tree!” I have also read that we should keep fruit trees at 8 feet for easy picking. And the avocado experts recommend keeping avocado trees at 11 feet. Either I ...

The warmer days of spring and the approach of summer mean it’s time to start hiring tree services to tidy up your yard. Of course, a good tree service company does more than just prune leaves and snip ...

Tree topping – when the entire top of a tree is cut off – seems to have become a preferred method of tree pruning. Beauty is certainly in the eyes of the beholder, but is it good or bad for the tree?

Have you ever witnessed trees being pruned by men with a truck, ladder, and a chainsaw? For everyone who needs a young tree pruned to produce a good structure (which is very important for live oaks) ...

Today’s batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal: Question: What's the deal with the extreme pruning of mature trees around here? We've seen some fine trees — really big ...

As Cass Turnbull told the story, “Soon after man emerged from his cave with his first cutting tool, he whacked a limb off a bush, and it felt good.” This initial act of what she termed “mal-pruning,” ...