Most informative pruning video I've seen because she educated me on areas other's didn't address! Her information was what I was searching for. I'm impressed!
I have a young Japanese Maple. First pruning will be late winter 2023. All the upper branches appear to be swept over and growing to one side. It must have been constrained in some way at the nursery. Looks like it hit a ceiling and had to grow sideways or had to reach for the sun. I'm going to train some branches back in the correct direction. I need a video to help me through that. This video definitely included the info I need for pruning....the when, what, and how of it. Very helpful! Thank you!!
Thank you so much for this video. Your voice is nice and calm and easy to understand. For me the best example I have found on how to do the clean cut along the collar.
Thank you for this helpful video! I have a Japanese Maple that is now halfway over an immovable walkway leading from my home to my patio. My 91 year old mum is now fearful of using the walkway. Naturally, I am going to remedy this, but I was fearful that I'd ruin a beautiful tree that brings such pleasure to everyone. Your video gives me the confidence to help without hurting! Many thanks!!
Thank you for this video! My wife and I just bought our first home last year which already had a beautiful Japanese Maple. We have been afraid to prune it as we did not want to damage it because of our ignorance.
Thank you, Sherry - you always do a great job in your videos and classes. I do wish you would show a detailed before and after of removing crossing branches and opening up the center. (Assume some of us know nothing and need to see it to understand it.)
Nice job. I recently bought a home with a Japanese Maple and to me the top is too tall and the side branches are a little too wide. In late February I’m going to attempt to reshape tree without maiming or damaging it. Meantime reading up and watching many videos so I do it correctly. This definitely helps.
YES ...!!! Air Layer that lower branch ... at the VERY least is to TRY this technique to gain a whole new tree out of that branch!! What a waste ... Anyways .. perhaps she was not aware of that technique. I believe it is also called marcotting ...
Great video thank you! I would appreciate better detail on that second part, removing the interior branches - perhaps just one idea on where to make a cut.
I wish that you would have shown side-by-side "before" & "after" views to give us an idea of how much thinning and "whip" removal you ended up doing to this tree.
Great video! As far as pruning goes, when’s a good time of the year to prune heavily? Or what time of the year is best for pruning in general? Seems to be disagreements on that. I have taken a few branches off of one of my lace leaf maples last week dec 18,and haven’t noticed any sap. I’m in zone 7b. Also for root pruning does this same concept apply? Only when the tree is dormant? Thanks
Thank you for this informative video. But I need help.. my beautiful Maple tree has overgrown the area. Can I hard prune it to bring it to a manageable size?
Thank you, very nice and precise.... I know it's best to prune in late winter but would you or is it safe to prune in late spring or summer after you can actually looks like clothed.. I can tell you have a keen aesthetic that I can appreciate.
if it's very young just leave it alone, I have one that is 2-3 ft tall and I was looking at this video to see how I should prune. I just planted it and I'm going to leave it alone for about 1 yr. Then I can trim up one small branch that is too low to the ground.
I have a japanese maple with four branches coming off the main trunk four to five inches from the ground. The branches make up the bulk of the tree and have grown up to 12 feet. Is it possible to cut all but one of the branches. The branches are about 3 inches in diameter. The trunk is about 6 or 7 inches in diameter. Will I kill the tree? The tree is 14 years old in the ground. It was in a 10 gallon pot to start and about 3 to 4 feet tall. It looks like a hand with four fingers.
Thank you for the video. My question is if I cut back a major branch (leaving the collar, as you demonstrate), with a Japanese coral bark vine maple, will a bunch of small branches sprout around the recent cut next year. Thank you for your guidance... David Langsather, Salem, Oregon
Hope someone can help. We just had wood delivered & the trailer left a large gash just at the crotch of a lower side limb. I'm thinking I should take the limb off at the base of the limb below the crotch (it's just a little over 10 inches in diameter at the base taking off 2 limbs instead of cutting downward at the gash only removing 1 limb. I think it would be a cleaner cut. Any suggestions?
David Thanks for the reply. If you throw out enough lines, you'll get a bite. I think we have it figured out. Hubby will be cutting 1 limb at the gash then we will take a look and re-evaluate & see if the 2nd limb should stay or come off depending on how bare it will be. Nothing is done in haste. 😀
I have a 50+ year old Japanese maple in my front yard about 30ft tall. I bought the house 2 years ago & have noticed a ton of branches are starting to die & fall off. I would be so grateful if you would be able to do a quick zoom call with me & tell me which branches to trim to help my tree. I would just tag the branches & cut them after the call. Thank you!
Very helpful. My question is whether the major co-dominant branch to the right is now too large to remove? If so, I wonder if reduction pruning on its outer branches over the years would help to reduce its size in relation to the central leader to the right? Slowly turn that co-dominant leader into a branch, in other words.
I found the video helpful, but have a serious question. When you say "branch is growing the wrong way" are you not liking the proportion of the tree or it is simply growing into a part of the garden you prefer to not have branches?
Forrest Gibson I’d say the phrase was just a generalization, and that both your ideas and any number of others could constitute “ the branch growing in the wrong direction”. Bonsai folk use the phrase an awful lot as well.
There's guidelines people usually follow, radial root pattern, branches that aren't crossed or going to cross another main branch in the future. There's many books that explain this better mostly bonsai books. Either way I would've rooted that branch with the aerial method before cutting it and then replanted next to that one.
@@winstonsmith11 I meant air layering sorry, that's essentially just shaving the bark down to the cambium layer, covering it with sphagnum moss and wrapping it up with clear plastic until roots appear then you can cut the branch off after there's enough root growth and plant it as a bonsai lol.
Bob I'm in the Fraser valley. Looks like a late start to spring here. Plenty of cool temperatures and rain. My just started about a week ago. So I'm sure yours have started by now as well. The weather is finally warming up.
That is a procedure called AIR LAYERING .. and there would have been a small chance of making a whole new tree out of that large branch even though it was quite a thick branch. Peter Chan (with his CZcams channel series called "Heron Bonsai" shows his technique to do this ... )
So you are a master gardener? Please... It's clear you haven't pruned trees very often. Mistake #1: the first cut after the undercut should be nearer to the undercut, in order to avoid what happened @3:12. The undercut you've done was totally useless and, in fact, should have been higher. Mistake #2: the final cut you've done was not clean as you said, the lower part of the wound has been damaged.. You have to sustain the branch while you cut, or make a micro undercut on the axe. Mistake #3: you don't shorten branches on a Japanese Maple tree Mistake #4: never cut like @4:43 holding the branch down.
I am no master gardener myself but I've been gardening for over 20 years, have 8 different species of Japanese maples, ages range from 2 to 15, plus about 15 various fruit trees in my garden in CA. I have to say I agree with your assessment of her demonstration 100%. Her words and her actions baffled me, she can not possibly be a "master" gardener. Even the very basics, she is doing them wrong.
She is cutting ABOVE the undercut, so that the bark will not peel below that point. Since she knew she is going to do a second cut closer to the trunk that is not an issue.
Most informative pruning video I've seen because she educated me on areas other's didn't address! Her information was what I was searching for. I'm impressed!
Not only does this vid include a lot of good info, it’s presented in a way that facilitates learning the material. Kudos to Sherry.
Love the Master Gardeners! They know so much, appreciated.
She's REALLY thorough. Pruning is terrifying to the novice!!
I have a young Japanese Maple. First pruning will be late winter 2023. All the upper branches appear to be swept over and growing to one side. It must have been constrained in some way at the nursery. Looks like it hit a ceiling and had to grow sideways or had to reach for the sun. I'm going to train some branches back in the correct direction. I need a video to help me through that. This video definitely included the info I need for pruning....the when, what, and how of it. Very helpful! Thank you!!
I found this video very informative and helpful. It gives very specific information that is left out of many posts on this subject.
Excellent video. Thank you for your clear instructions and visuals.
Best Video on Pruning a Japanese Maple Tree! Thanks Sherry!
This is the most helpful video I've found on this subject. Thank you!
This is great. Just what I needed. I have a beautiful tree and don't want to damage it. Thank you!
Best instruction I've seen! Covers all the most important points!
I watched 4 videos, this was the best! thank you
These videos are awesome! Very clear and informative no doubt! Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video. Your voice is nice and calm and easy to understand. For me the best example I have found on how to do the clean cut along the collar.
Great information! Exactly what I needed to know!
Thank you for this helpful video! I have a Japanese Maple that is now halfway over an immovable walkway leading from my home to my patio. My 91 year old mum is now fearful of using the walkway. Naturally, I am going to remedy this, but I was fearful that I'd ruin a beautiful tree that brings such pleasure to everyone. Your video gives me the confidence to help without hurting! Many thanks!!
Really good practical advice, thanks.
Thank you for this video! My wife and I just bought our first home last year which already had a beautiful Japanese Maple. We have been afraid to prune it as we did not want to damage it because of our ignorance.
Thank you, Sherry - you always do a great job in your videos and classes. I do wish you would show a detailed before and after of removing crossing branches and opening up the center. (Assume some of us know nothing and need to see it to understand it.)
Nice job. I recently bought a home with a Japanese Maple and to me the top is too tall and the side branches are a little too wide. In late February I’m going to attempt to reshape tree without maiming or damaging it. Meantime reading up and watching many videos so I do it correctly. This definitely helps.
Thanks for very helpful diagram of branch collar.
Thanks for the great to-the-point advice!!
Very good explanation, but the camera failed to show any of exact cuttings - very sad, indeed.
The bonsai in me screaming airlayer that lower branch lol
Yes, although it is a too for that.
YES ...!!! Air Layer that lower branch ... at the VERY least is to TRY this technique to gain a whole new tree out of that branch!! What a waste ... Anyways .. perhaps she was not aware of that technique. I believe it is also called marcotting ...
Great video thank you! I would appreciate better detail on that second part, removing the interior branches - perhaps just one idea on where to make a cut.
Best video. Very informative and easy to get it.
Very well done, exactly what I needed to know. Thank you.
So informative, thanks
Fantastic. Thank you!
Clear, quick and helpful! Thank you!
great video, thanks for sharing
The worst thing about maple is when you get something called verticillium. The tree just half-part dead for no reason.
Thank you!
great video ❤️
I wish that you would have shown side-by-side "before" & "after" views to give us an idea of how much thinning and "whip" removal you ended up doing to this tree.
Great video, thank you :D
Great video! As far as pruning goes, when’s a good time of the year to prune heavily? Or what time of the year is best for pruning in general? Seems to be disagreements on that. I have taken a few branches off of one of my lace leaf maples last week dec 18,and haven’t noticed any sap. I’m in zone 7b.
Also for root pruning does this same concept apply? Only when the tree is dormant? Thanks
Good video, thanks.
Thank you for this informative video. But I need help.. my beautiful Maple tree has overgrown the area. Can I hard prune it to bring it to a manageable size?
Thank you, very nice and precise.... I know it's best to prune in late winter but would you or is it safe to prune in late spring or summer after you can actually looks like clothed.. I can tell you have a keen aesthetic that I can appreciate.
Thank you
Thank you so much. Can I ask the reason that we cut back the branch at a pair of buds? And will that bud will branch out a new branch? Thanks
Good vid for showing what to do with a mature tree. I'd like to see vid on what to do with a young tree -- seems no one is addressing that.
if it's very young just leave it alone, I have one that is 2-3 ft tall and I was looking at this video to see how I should prune. I just planted it and I'm going to leave it alone for about 1 yr. Then I can trim up one small branch that is too low to the ground.
czcams.com/video/cvh0r0Yf59I/video.html
About three minutes in, he starts on the small potted trees. Hope this helps!
Excellent work..
Thank you.
What's the latest time of year to prune in Michigan. Were just a couple days in spring. Still a good time?
Great👍
I have a japanese maple with four branches coming off the main trunk four to five inches from the ground. The branches make up the bulk of the tree and have grown up to 12 feet. Is it possible to cut all but one of the branches. The branches are about 3 inches in diameter. The trunk is about 6 or 7 inches in diameter. Will I kill the tree? The tree is 14 years old in the ground. It was in a 10 gallon pot to start and about 3 to 4 feet tall. It looks like a hand with four fingers.
Thank you for the video. My question is if I cut back a major branch (leaving the collar, as you demonstrate), with a Japanese coral bark vine maple, will a bunch of small branches sprout around the recent cut next year. Thank you for your guidance... David Langsather, Salem, Oregon
Not likely for large Japanses maple branch cutting, if so, you can simply remove them.
Hope someone can help. We just had wood delivered & the trailer left a large gash just at the crotch of a lower side limb. I'm thinking I should take the limb off at the base of the limb below the crotch (it's just a little over 10 inches in diameter at the base taking off 2 limbs instead of cutting downward at the gash only removing 1 limb. I think it would be a cleaner cut. Any suggestions?
@@sherimetschan961 Sorry, no good advice...
David Thanks for the reply. If you throw out enough lines, you'll get a bite. I think we have it figured out. Hubby will be cutting 1 limb at the gash then we will take a look and re-evaluate & see if the 2nd limb should stay or come off depending on how bare it will be. Nothing is done in haste. 😀
David, forgot to mention - I'm in Milwaukie, OR. Hope you weren't one of the ones evacuated from the fire down that way.
Please show the result after final cut
Please demonstrate pruning of crossing branches. You fast forward this step.
fargone -:- I think cross branches may be a part of these trees
I have a 50+ year old Japanese maple in my front yard about 30ft tall. I bought the house 2 years ago & have noticed a ton of branches are starting to die & fall off. I would be so grateful if you would be able to do a quick zoom call with me & tell me which branches to trim to help my tree. I would just tag the branches & cut them after the call. Thank you!
Most likely verticillium wilt. A soil born pathogen that causes dieback in the canopy. I’d be happy to help you if you need advise.
Very helpful. My question is whether the major co-dominant branch to the right is now too large to remove? If so, I wonder if reduction pruning on its outer branches over the years would help to reduce its size in relation to the central leader to the right? Slowly turn that co-dominant leader into a branch, in other words.
Meant to say the central leader is or should be the one on the LEFT.
That's a valid technique - I've heard it called subordination pruning.
@@hatchetation Yes, reduction pruning subordinates a limb, sometimes until removal and other times to just set it back and restore proportions.
Is it okay to prune in spring when the leaves are coming through anew? I forgot to prune in the winter. Thanks so much!
Clackamas County thank you
Clackamas County do you know of any dwarf fruit trees would do well in a container without getting root bound? Thanks
I found the video helpful, but have a serious question. When you say "branch is growing the wrong way" are you not liking the proportion of the tree or it is simply growing into a part of the garden you prefer to not have branches?
Forrest Gibson I’d say the phrase was just a generalization, and that both your ideas and any number of others could constitute “ the branch growing in the wrong direction”. Bonsai folk use the phrase an awful lot as well.
There's guidelines people usually follow, radial root pattern, branches that aren't crossed or going to cross another main branch in the future. There's many books that explain this better mostly bonsai books. Either way I would've rooted that branch with the aerial method before cutting it and then replanted next to that one.
She says toward the lawn
@@sud6646 could you elaborate on the aerial method?
@@winstonsmith11 I meant air layering sorry, that's essentially just shaving the bark down to the cambium layer, covering it with sphagnum moss and wrapping it up with clear plastic until roots appear then you can cut the branch off after there's enough root growth and plant it as a bonsai lol.
Great video. I heavily pruned a (
Bob I'm in the Fraser valley. Looks like a late start to spring here. Plenty of cool temperatures and rain. My just started about a week ago. So I'm sure yours have started by now as well. The weather is finally warming up.
Any activity on your tree yet?
If only you could make a video on how to restore a maple tree from sheering!
Would it be possible to use the branch to propagate more of the same tree?
No, that branch is too big. You would use a much smaller branch and attach it to a tree with a better root system.
That is a procedure called AIR LAYERING .. and there would have been a small chance of making a whole new tree out of that large branch even though it was quite a thick branch. Peter Chan (with his CZcams channel series called "Heron Bonsai" shows his technique to do this ... )
I need to prune mine but I am afraid to damage the tree
Give me a call if you care about your Japanese maples. I will treat them with respect.
Why she waits ten years to prune the tree 🌳
Amazing video! Can you please remove the heavy-metal intro and Outro thanks saliva face
At least she has knee pads...ladies ladies pfff
Wrong time of year to prune this tree. Google it.
Google said the Lady is right
So you are a master gardener? Please... It's clear you haven't pruned trees very often.
Mistake #1: the first cut after the undercut should be nearer to the undercut, in order to avoid what happened @3:12. The undercut you've done was totally useless and, in fact, should have been higher.
Mistake #2: the final cut you've done was not clean as you said, the lower part of the wound has been damaged.. You have to sustain the branch while you cut, or make a micro undercut on the axe.
Mistake #3: you don't shorten branches on a Japanese Maple tree
Mistake #4: never cut like @4:43 holding the branch down.
I am no master gardener myself but I've been gardening for over 20 years, have 8 different species of Japanese maples, ages range from 2 to 15, plus about 15 various fruit trees in my garden in CA. I have to say I agree with your assessment of her demonstration 100%. Her words and her actions baffled me, she can not possibly be a "master" gardener. Even the very basics, she is doing them wrong.
She is cutting ABOVE the undercut, so that the bark will not peel below that point. Since she knew she is going to do a second cut closer to the trunk that is not an issue.
@@heinzotto1194 Yes, but the second cut should be JUST above the undercut.
This is not a real Japanese Maple
Is it a pretend Japanese Maple?