Pruning

Question 1

reasons for pruning

Answer 1

control/direct growth
maintain health and vigour
encourage fruit and flower production
to remove hazards and safety
specialty/novelty
the 3d’s (dead, diseased, damaged)

Question 2

pruning decisions (what to remove?)

Answer 2

D3- dead, diseased, damaged
double leaders
water shoots
crossing and/or rubbing branches
closely parallel branches
growth contrary to habit

Question 3

recognize habit of shrubs and trees examples

Answer 3

suckering shrub
multistemmed/non suckering shrub
single leader (excurrent)
multiple leader (decurrent)
climbing vine

Question 4

recognize form of shrubs and trees examples

Answer 4

vase
columnar
round
spreading
weeping

Question 5

specific types of pruning

Answer 5

crown thinning, lifting, and reduction
spiral pruning
window pruning
cloud pruning
pollarding
coppicing
espalier

Question 6

what time of year would you prune to stimulate growth

Answer 6

spring

Question 7

what type of pruning cut is this

Answer 7

reduction cut

Question 8

what is the purpose of coppicing

Answer 8

promoting vigorous re-growth and a sustainable supply of timber for future generations, also helps to re establish form.

Question 9

what type of pruning is this

Answer 9

crown thinning

Question 10

Which of the following plants is a sub-shrub?
a) phlox paniculata
b) lavandula angustifolia
c) salvia officinalis
d) enkianthus campanulatus

Answer 10

b and c

Question 11

Which is true? Always make a cut just outside of the branch collar or Always cut the branch collar off

Answer 11

Always make a cut just outside of the branch collar

Question 12

What are potential bad outcomes of summer pruning?

Answer 12

UV burn
Damage to herbaceous understory
potentially increasing stress during drought

Question 13

The primary limbs on a tree are called _______________ branches

Answer 13

Scaffold

Question 14

What time of year would you prune something if you wanted to suppress growth?

Answer 14

Summer

Question 15

What type of wood does a Magnolia flower on?

Answer 15

Terminal Old wood

Question 16

Which type of clematis can you prune hard to the ground in spring?

Answer 16

Group 3

Question 17

What does CODIT stand for?

Answer 17

Compartmentilizing of Decay or Damage in Trees
(Go review walls of CODIT)

Question 18

When deadheading a whole truss of spent rose flowers, how far down do you prune?

Answer 18

To an outward facing bud at the first leaf with 5 leaflets

Question 19

What type of wood do plants that flower in the spring flower on?

Answer 19

Old wood

Question 20

What type of pruning cut is this?

Answer 20

heading cut

Question 21

In trees that are more than two years old, what type of wood is removed?

Answer 21

strong vertical shoots
weak hanging shoots
shoots with narrow branch angles
crowded fruiting wood

Question 22

What is a cordon?

Answer 22

a fruit tree grown on a single stem

Question 23

What is the age of the shoots that blueberries form on?

Answer 23

1 year old shoots