Form pruning for long term, high value hard woods
Silverwood has about 200 hundred oak and chestnut trees that are about 10 years old. Even now, as this tree shows there’s a need to keep the loppers handy – to remove the odd branch that will reduce the value of the final log.
Note that if you don’t want lots of adventitious shoots – do your pruning during summer. Winter pruning often results in shoots arising close to the pruning scar.
