Tree Pruning and Trimming

Dujets Tree Experts in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, Bergen County provides a higher level of tree care services needed to keep your trees healthy and beautiful. Proper trimming and pruning are essential for young developing trees. We work with several pruning and trimming principles, as follows:

• Each cut must have a purpose.
• Only proper techniques are used.
• Trees do not heal the way a person does. A wound is contained within a tree forever.
• Small cuts do less damage than large cuts.
• Young trees grow with a dominant leader branch, which cannot be cut.

We understand that the correct pruning techniques can affect the health of a tree. Proper cuts should be made outside the branch collar. These techniques are as follows:

• Crown Clearing – removing dying branches from the crown of the tree.
• Crown Thinning – selective removal of branches to increase light and airflow.
• Crown Raising – removing lower branches for buildings, people, vehicles, etc.
• Crown Reduction – reducing the height or width of a tree usually for utility lines.