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Swore off topping trees for 12 years, then saw a Bradford pear come back fuller in 2 seasons after a proper crown reduction
My old foreman in Tulsa drilled it into me that topping ruins trees for good, so I turned down every job that asked for it. Then a customer's storm-split pear on Elm Street got a real reduction cut in spring 2023 and by last fall it had filled out thicker than the untouched one next door, which made me admit the hack job I hated and a real reduction cut are two totally different things. Anybody got a good rule for how much you'll take off a pear in one pass?
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park.robin17d ago
Pears grow like weeds so 25% max off the live crown in one cut has been my rule, and they bounce back fine. Did the same thing on a split one a few years back and it looked better than the neighbor's within two seasons lol. Anything past a third and you're pushing it.
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