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rjsinmo

Pruning advice for sugar maple

3 years ago

I got and planted this sugar maple last spring, and it had leaves on it, and I hadn't noticed it had this fork in it. Do I cut one of them (maybe the left), or let it grow that way? I'm in Missouri, so it's about time to be doing it if appropriate. The tree reaches about 7' and that fork is at about 4'.


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  • 3 years ago

    This tree is so young that it has not became aware that it is a tree. give it several years to develop, and then do the trimming as said above.


    When we planted our oak tree, which was much larger than yours, every year I would worry because the leader would start off grown at an angle to the the tree. Today 11 years later, the tree is as straight and full as you would expect a tree to be.

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