Best Time For Tree Pruning

There isn't a specific day or month to prune your tree; however, there is ideal seasons and weather conditions that you should aim for. Similar to trimming best practices, we often suggest pruning your trees during cold weather months. Many of our clients are often surprised by this, but when you really think about it, it makes sense. Throughout the winter, trees are dormant and they have typically stopped growing for the season. Therefore, they’re able to conserve their energy so that they are able to heal faster when pruning cuts are made. This is opposite to the idea of pruning in the spring, when trees are in the middle of their prime growing season.

Pruning in the spring can cause harm for a few different reasons. The most important reason is that since they are in their most active phase, pruning them will hurt them more than if they were dormant. It will not be able to repair itself as effectively since it is already in its most active phase, so the injuries given to the tree by pruning it cannot be healed as well. This can cause some serious health problems for them.