When and how do you do it right?

Official approval is often required before shortening

Even in your own garden, trees cannot simply be cut down or shortened. The valid in many communities Tree protection statutes often stipulate in detail whether, when and how trees and even large hedges can be cut back. In particular, large and old trees are considered worthy of protection, whereby the specifically measured size is an important criterion for obtaining a permit. However, very different limit values ​​apply depending on the city or municipality. Very old trees even come under the protection of monuments.

Don't just cut trees - this is how shortening works

If the tree has grown too big, you shouldn't simply open it, even with official approval caps: Conifers in particular resent such a procedure, especially since they do not sprout from old wood and therefore the top will always be missing. But even deciduous trees react to the top being clipped with the formation of numerous shoots that reach vertically upwards - and can also develop problems with the roots. Since trees always strive to keep the relationship between roots and crown in a balanced relationship, a simple cut often leads to root death. These begin to rot and, with bad luck, can cause the tree to gradually die off.

How to shrink a treetop

Instead of capping the tree top, you can use the Treetop however, zoom out carefully. To do this, proceed as follows:

• Thinning out the crown by cutting out intersecting and inward-growing shoots.
• Now reduce the size of the treetop by always removing the branches growing under a branching branch.
• The specialist calls this “derive”.
• Shorten the crown evenly to preserve the natural appearance of the tree.

Note, however, that any Cutting measures always result in an increased expulsion of the tree!