OT---Tree trimming

Jiles · Jul 22, 2016

I live in NW Alabama and have a large Popular Tree in need of trimming.
We plan to install an aluminum cover over our new deck and large overhanging limbs need to be cut before installation. Would also like to top the tree.
This tree is app. three foot in diameter and 60 foot tall, and healthy.
Will this trimming permanently damage this tree, this time of year?

Butch(OH) · Jul 22, 2016

Many years ago I was told that there are 52 days in any given year that you should not trim trees, that being Sundays.

dr sportster · Jul 22, 2016

Poplar should be trimmed winter to about May. They grow very fast [aka Tulip tree]. I had a tractor shelter under a Tulip and it gave off a gummy sap that ruined the cover. To me they are almost a nuisance tree [ just because they get so big ,so fast]. I would eliminate the whole tree to keep the area clean. Could you damage it by trimming now ,probably not .

4520BW · Jul 22, 2016

I was always told you need to do it in a month containing an R.

Steve@Advance · Jul 22, 2016

A tree that tall would not miss the lower limbs.

But why top it? Unless there is a problem with the top, I've always heard not to top any tree.

2x4 · Jul 23, 2016

You top it you kill it.

tn terry t · Jul 23, 2016

top it the devil if its close enough to hit you house in my eyes it needs to go

OT---Tree trimming

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