Pruning plants involves strategically removing parts like branches, buds, and roots to enhance aesthetics, promote health, and restrict unwanted growth. It should be done according to safety procedures and using the proper tools for each task, such as secateurs for small twigs, long-handled pruners for branches up to 40mm, aerial pruners for high branches, handsaws for branches over 50mm, hedge shears for shaping plants under 1cm, and pruning knives for beveling cuts. Reasons for pruning include training plants, maintaining health, improving quality, and restricting growth.

1. PERFORM PRUNING
FOLLOWING SAFETY
PROCEDURES
ACCORDING TO OSHS
AND PNS
OSHS- Occupational Safety and Health Standards
PNS- Philippine National Standards.

2. WHAT IS THE PRUNING OF
PLANTS?
• Pruning is defined as the act of trimming leaves,
branches, and dead matter from plants. Pruning
also plays into the overall health of a plant. You
certainly want to maintain the well-being of your
plants, train them to grow properly, improve
quality, and even restrict their growth in some
cases.

3. WHAT IS THE PRUNING OF
PLANTS?
• Pruning plants can enhance the aesthetic and
longevity of your landscape. This frequently avoided
task could save your plants from both insects and
disease as well. To prune, you’re strategically
removing branches, roots, buds, etc. These
elements might be diseased, infested with insects or
other pests, or lacking sunlight during the shorter
days

5. WHAT IS THE PRUNING OF PLANTS?
•Pruning is also essential to a plant’s
growth. Pruning and trimming improve
plant health, making it stronger and
sturdier. It’s all about the long term. Sure,
you won’t see immediate results, but
plants are about patience anyway.

6. REASONS FOR PRUNING
•to train the plant
•to maintain plant health
•to improve the quality of flowers, fruit,
foliage or stems
•to restrict growth

7. TYPES OF TREE PRUNING
1. Thinning – This type involves removing
branches at the base, alongside the trunk, or
stalk.
2. Raising – This is all about creating headspace
for entries, walkways, cars, and people. Low-
hanging branches are trimmed.

10. TYPES OF TREE PRUNING
3. Topping – This process is a huge undertaking.
Most branches are being removed, all the way
down to the trunk. This method is employed
when you need your trees to grow in very
particular ways.
4. Reduction – Here, you’re trimming back the
tree’s overall volume. You do this to create more
space for structures like power poles and lines.

14. TOOLS USED TO DO
THE PRUNING

15. 1. SECATEURS
•These tools are used for deadheading
and cutting branches up to 20 mm in
diameter. Good quality heavy-duty
scissors can be used for smaller twigs
and branches.

17. 2. LONG-HANDLED PRUNERS
• These tools are used for cutting off larger branches,
say up to 40mm, you will need a pair of long-
handled pruners, sometimes called loppers. Even
when the material you are cutting is not
particularly thick it will save you unnecessary
reaching and stretching. Long-handled pruners are
used for cutting back, sucker removal, and
thinning.

19. 3. AERIAL PRUNERS
•These tools are used to remove
branches that are higher than you can
reach. these are also called extension
or pole pruners. These are used for
cutting back and thinning.

21. 4. HANDSAWS.
•These tools are used to remove
branches that are greater than 50
mm. There are two main types of
hand saw used; these are the bow
saw and the pruning saw.

23. 5. HEDGE SHEARS.
• These tools are used to shape plants or trim hedges. These
are designed to cut or prune branches up to 1 cm in
diameter. There are two basic types of hedge shear; one
has a straight cutting blade while the other has a wavy
(serrated) blade. The wavy type is designed to hold and
prevent larger branches from slipping out of the blades.
They can be purchased as either long or short handled
models.

25. 6. PRUNING KNIFE.
•This is used to give your pruning task
professional look knives to trim and bevel
the edges of your pruning cut. This is done
to improve the look of large wounds and
help in the healing process. You could also
use your knife to take off developing
unwanted lateral growth.