Does Duke Energy round-over and/or shape trees?
A. We do not round trees over because its not good for the health of your trees. We subscribe to a method of pruning called lateral and directional pruning. These methods are endorsed by many in the tree-care industry as being the best pruning technique for the health of the tree. The basis for lateral pruning is that each limb removed from a tree is removed either where it joins another limb or at the trunk. This procedure is different than the philosophy of rounding trees over in which limbs are cut at arbitrary points normally leaving unhealthy stub cuts. Directional pruning involves cutting a limb back to another limb (or lateral) so that future growth of the resulting limb is directed away from the power lines. With directional pruning techniques, tree growth causes minimal impact to public safety and electrical service. If one of your local tree companies has Certified Arborists on staff, ask them about healthy pruning techniques for trees.
We do not round trees over because its not good for the health of your trees. We subscribe to a method of pruning called lateral and directional pruning. These methods are endorsed by many in the tree-care industry as being the best pruning technique for the health of the tree. The basis for lateral pruning is that each limb removed from a tree is removed either where it joins another limb or at the trunk. This procedure is different than the philosophy of rounding trees over in which limbs are cut at arbitrary points normally leaving unhealthy stub cuts. Directional pruning involves cutting a limb back to another limb (or lateral) so that future growth of the resulting limb is directed away from the power lines. With directional pruning techniques, tree growth causes minimal impact to public safety and electrical service. If one of your local tree companies has Certified Arborists on staff, ask them about healthy pruning techniques for trees.
