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Derryl Killan · 16-01-2007, 02:19 AM posted to rec.gardens

wrote:
Hello,

I have heard several different ideas about the right time to prune or
trim trees. (By the way, is there a difference between pruning and
trimming?) "Prune only in winter" . . . "Prune only in summer" . . .
"Prune any time" . . . .

Anyway, I live in Wisconsin, so now in January it is winter here. I
want to thin out the branches in my silver maples so that I have a
little more sunlight on the yard below. When is the right time to do
this?

In the event that someone tells me to get rid of the trees altogether,
that is out of the question. We rent.

Thank you!

Ted Shoemaker

Hi Ted

Prune your Silver Maple After it leafs out. It will bleed sap if you do
it now.

Derryl
Horticulturist