The acacia enriches your garden with a magnificent foliage and an attractive shape. However, a prerequisite for a well-groomed appearance is regular pruning to keep growth under control. To ensure that you do not harm your acacia tree but instead promote its development, you should consider the following aspects when pruning.
How do I cut an acacia tree correctly?
To prune an acacia tree, wear protective gloves and remove dead branches from the crown. Cut narrow branches, shorten overhanging branches to the desired length and treat cut areas with protective agent. The ideal time is shortly after flowering.
Time
The optimal time to prune an acacia tree is shortly after it blooms. You should avoid pruning in autumn, as the acacia produces its flowers for the coming year during the summer months.
Is pruning necessary in winter?
Many plants are cut back in winter when they shed their leaves. The acacia also tends to lose its leaves. However, pruning is not absolutely necessary in this case. If the temperatures rise again in spring, it usually develops new shoots on its own. You should only remove old branches if no new branches appear by summer. In addition, strong winds may make it necessary to prune again.
Cutting Acacia - Instructions
The pruning of an acacia tree should be comparatively minor, but done regularly. The fewer branches you remove, the more runners the deciduous tree will form in the coming year. Due to their prickly thorns and the toxins they contain, special caution is required. To make the pruning as gentle as possible, treat the cuts with a protective agent if necessary. This is the best way to cut an acacia tree:
- Put on protective gloves (€9.00 on Amazon)
- thin out the acacia by removing dead branches from the crown
- now venture inside the crown and dispose of the old branches there too
- if branches grow close together, always remove the weaker one
- design your acacia tree according to your wishes with a topiary. To do this, all protruding branches are shortened to the necessary length
- Always place the scissors above a pair of leaves or an eye
