Advanced Master Gardener

Unit 7 Pruning & Training Trees

Objectives:

1. Learn the training & pruning requirements of shade trees
2. Understand tree wound compartmentalization
3. Understand the importance of initial maintenance in tree survival

Understanding Trees

1. Mechanisms of wound closure
2. Tree hazard prevention

Becoming an Advanced Master Gardener Tree Steward

Suggested Readings

These will be added.  A complete list of the readings is available in the required text, "Advanced Master Gardener - Tree Steward Handbook,"  Virginia Cooperative Extension.  The text is available from the Office of Consumer Horticulture of the Horticulture Department of Virginia Tech.

Additional useful materials

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