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The blue spruce tree's slow growth makes it mostly intolerant to heavy pruning. In order to promote a positive response, the blue spruce must have enough time to repair itself before entering its dormant period. Always complete this tree's pruning during the late winter or early spring months, just before the onset of its growing season. Evergreen trees, such as pine, spruce, and fir, require little pruning.

Dead, broken, and diseased branches can be removed at any time of year. Late winter is the best time to remove unwanted lower branches on evergreen trees. Spruce and fir trees possess side or lateral buds on their newest (outermost) growth. Jul 08, How to Trim a Spruce tree and a pine tree Trimming How to Trim a Spruce tree all us for help at 2stumpmulching.bar Fabrics, certain. Feb 09, Shearing is usually started when trees are 4 to 5 feet high on spruce and fir and at 3 feet on pines.

Shearing and shaping can be done with hand clippers or shears or a specially-designed, long-bladed shearing knife. Apr 10, When pruning a spruce tree, prune to a point just above a healthy branch that is covered in needles.

From this point, the tree will continue to grow and eventually cover the cut. Pruning back to the main trunk is not a cut that the tree can reproduce a branch from, so think twice before making this choice.

Aug 20, Developing a strong and good shaped tree happens with proper pruning.

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Trees that receive the right amount of pruning while they are young will need less excessive trimming as they grow older. Ask your professionals when the trimming should be.