To start with, during the winter months there is no growth or budding.

Avoid pruning in late Summer. Trees such as maple and birch produce a heavy sap flower when pruned in Winter, although this may be unsightly it does not harm the tree. To avoid the bleeding, you can wait until the leaves have expanded in Summer and prune then. Deciduous Fruit Trees. Apples, peaches, pears and plums should be pruned in takedownstump.barted Reading Time: 7 mins. May 13, Basically, you can prune trees and shrubs that are deciduous as well as some fruit trees.

However, maples and magnolias don’t want to feel your secateurs on their limbs. The only tree pruning you need to do to maples and magnolias is to remove any dead, diseased or insect-infested limbs. Jul 13, Pruning Young Maple Trees Between 3 and 10 Years Old Step One: Identify and Encourage The Leader Stand away from the tree and focus on the top, then scan downwards to Step Two: Prune for Tree HealthEstimated Reading Time: 11 mins.

Jun 22, You can prune your maple tree at any point during the year (almost). However, there are a few things to consider about how the different seasons will affect your tree. For example, the root pressure that develops in maple trees during the winter causes an increase in sap.

This means a lot of sap will flow out of any cut you make in the takedownstump.barted Reading Time: 5 mins. Pruning a maple tree to create a nice shape and structure is best done in the late winter/early spring when the tree is dormant and the branch framework is visible.

Prune away any suckers or terminal buds that have sprouted at the base of the tree.

Pruning later in the spring and summer is also possible, but pruning of healthy branches should be avoided in the fall. There’s lots to learn about when to prune maple takedownstump.barted Reading Time: 5 mins.