Crown Thinning

Crown thinning is usually used to maintain the existing shape of a tree whilst increasing the amount of light through the canopy. Often specific in percentage (ie. 30%), crown thinning is carried out by removing secondary branches to allow more light through the canopy..

It involves the removal of a portion of smaller/tertiary branches, usually at the outer crown, to produce a uniform density of foliage around an evenly spaced branch structure. It is usually confined to broad-leaved species.

Often used to:
- more light to pass through the tree
- reduce wind resistance
- reduce weight (but this does not necessarily reduce leverage on the structure)

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