Pruning a Blue Spruce Tree

RE: Pruning a Blue Spruce Tree By Brad (Guest Post) Follow up to that question, I need to remove one of two blue spruces growing close together. I fear that there will be a bald spot on one side of the remaining tree. Will that bald spot fill in over time? Posted on 10/18/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pruning a Blue Spruce Tree By Jantoo (734) Contact You can call your local extension agent for advice that works in your area. I think a circle of wood chips, maybe a radius of 3 feet, around the tree base would protect it from your lawnmover. And then too you wouldn't have to worry about your tree if someone besides you cuts your grass. Posted on 08/27/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pruning a Blue Spruce Tree By louel53 (624) Contact I personally don't think you should prune any kind of spruce tree. Cutting off the bottom branches is sometimes necessary to let in sun to your yard, or to facilitate lawnmowing. As long as you have not cut off too much, the tree will be fine. Some people prune spruce trees into odd round shapes, but I prefer them left alone. If you want a round tree, plant a round tree. I think spruce trees should look natural. Posted on 08/26/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pruning a Blue Spruce Tree By Deeli (1578) Profile Contact You're lucky you weren't married to my grama ;-) Well, maybe should have placed a little flower garden and edging around the base of the tree as a reminder to be careful when mowing instead of cutting the lower branches ... At any rate, the trunk of the tree will remain at the same height it is now ... So don't worry about 'baldness pattern' speading further up but you definitely have a visable tree trunk for life now ;-) Sharing a personal family funny on this one ;-) My grampa and grama had a blue spruce in a corner of their backyard when I was really little (1950's) and it grew like gang busters cause that corner had originally been the chicken coup area so the soil was well fertilized ;-) Anyway, my grampa thought there must be 'something wrong' with this tree because it didn't show a trunk like all the other pine species because this pine still had branches being ground level ... So .... He decided to cut off all those lower branches in order to make it look like all the other fir varieties :-o Well, my grama just about had heart failure when she saw it and (with her Irish temper) went crazy !!! She chased him around the yard with an axe and then chopped the tree down with that axe !!! LOL !!! They never planted a blue spruce again ;-) Like I said, you're lucky you weren't married to my grama ;-) Posted on 08/26/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pruning a Blue Spruce Tree By Beth - MA (144) Contact A tree only grows from the top. When you trim the bottom branches, they will always be the bottom branches. You won't end up with a bare spot halfway up the tree. Posted on 08/25/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pruning A Blue Spruce Tree By MCW (1009) Profile Blog! Contact FYI: http://www.treehelp.com/trees/spruce/spruce-types-colorado-blue.asp Posted on 08/25/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse

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