Crown thinning

Crown thinning diagram

Crown thinning is generally carried out to reduce the overall density of the crown, often to give the tree a less heavy look, to clean out dead or crossed branches and to allow more light in and through.

We can reduce the foliage and outer-branch density of the whole tree’s crown, or just specific areas.

This is normally carried out by removing damaged, crossing and rubbing limbs and removing smaller secondary branches while leaving the main branch structure intact.

The amount of thinning to be carried out can be described as a percentage. For example we could advise or be asked to thin the crown by 10%.