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“Topping” undermines the long term health of a tree. Large pruning wounds (sometimes in the form of thumbs or nubs- see below) fail to heal and become entry points for disease and pests. Trunks grow at the topping location and as these weakly attached trunks increase in size, they often fall off during windstorms.
