A study by University of Florida Professor Ed Gilman suggests reducing the size of the canopy by trimming the long side branches. When trees are thinned, by removing the branches from the middle, the ...

Pruning oak trees is important for several reasons. They need to be pruned to keep them healthy, to prevent them from causing damage to people or buildings, and to maintain their beauty.

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A pruning set that includes loppers for cutting branches up to 1.5 inches thick, a pair of pruning shears to cut through branches up to 1/2 inch thick, and hedging shears for shaping trees and shrubs.

Oak tree. (Michigan Department of Natural Resources) The winter months are the ideal time to prune oak trees in Michigan if you don’t want to put them at high risk for oak wilt.