What is the following tool called?
Hand Pruners
What is the name of the following tool?
Loppers
What is the name of the following tool?
Hedge Shears
Less Than 1/_ inch in diameter
What diameter tree do Hand Pruners cut?
Less Than 1/4” in diameter.
Up to 1/_ inch in diameter
What diameter branch do Loppers cut?
Branches up to 1/2” in diameter.
What diameter trunk do you use an ‘ABC’ trunk on?
Branch over a 1 1/2” diameter
Until the saw __.
How long do you spend on cut A?
Until the saw binds.
2 - _ inches
How far beyond do you cut the “B” cut from cut “A” when doing the ABC cut?
2 - 4 inches
A reduction cut removes a stem back to the lateral branch that is at least _/_ the diameter of the cut stem.
1/3
Reduction Cuts are used to reduce the __ of a stem or branch.
Length
A Heading Cut is a cut that prunes a shoot no more than _ years old back to the bud.
2
How do you remove dead branches?
Cut to the place where the live tissue begins - do NOT cut into the branch collar.
__ the canopy. Increasing the light and __ movement
What is the purpose of Selective Thinning?
Opens the plant canopy - increasing light and air movement.
Removing branches back to the point _ __ to another branch.
What does “Selective Thinning” refer to?
Removing branches back to the point of attachment to another branch.
Heading cuts should only be used on formal __.
Hedges
Heading cuts remove parts of a _ or _.
Stem or Branch
N__ S__
Heading Cuts result in multiple __ __ just below the cut.
New Shoots
What is “Florida Fancy”?
__ trunk / No _ or open injuries / Crown is __ / Root Ball is a __ size.
1) Single
2) Cuts
3) Full
4) Adequate
What is Florida #1?
Requires SOME __ / Minor trunk __ / Double __ in __ Half of tree/ Easily corrected with 1 to 2 prunings
1) Pruning
2) Injuries
3) Leader / Top
What is Florida #2?
Mishapen - Requires __ pruning / Defects may take several __ to correct / __ Leader on __ half of the tree
1) Major
2) Years
3) Double / Bottom
Plants with defects that are not __ / Have __ structure / __ Wounds / __ Roots
What are Culls?
Plant with defects that are not correctable / Have poor structure / Open Wounds / Circling Roots
