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 ...

Winter is a good time to prune trees, but tree topping is a detrimental practice that damages both the health and value of landscape trees. Tree topping - the indiscriminate cutting back of tree ...

From time to time I like to climb up on my soapbox, so here goes. When will people learn that topping trees is wrong? Topping is one of the worst things that can ever be done to a tree. If there were ...

We've all seen it happen: the fellow down the street gets his big tree trimmed and suddenly there is hardly anything left but the trunk and an ugly-looking top. The owner had the tree topped. Plant ...

An arborist offered to “top” my shade tree that has grown so large that branches touch the house. Should I have him do that? Topping is cutting all tree branches back to an arbitrary height. Other ...

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 ...