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The best time to prune to make a deodar cedar more dense is during the growing season with late spring into summer -- May and June -- being your best choice. Pinch or snip off the terminal buds to. Apr 02, Remove the weak leader at the point where it connects to the main stem.

Sterilize the cutting tool before using it to prevent the spread of pathogens.

Hedge shears are used on thin branch tips.

Another time to start cutting back cedar trees is when you see damaged or dead branches. Prune out dead wood with sterilized clippers. Mar 27, In this case, there are broken limbs that need to be taken out.

But should I clean up all the stubs when it is getting hot? There are better times of the y. I attended a talk by an arborist who told us that they can cause real problems when the tree is big, to the point of splitting and falling causing damage. A couple of years ago I planted a gallon cedar (deodar) which had two leaders. Pruning one off set the tree back by a year because it was almost 50% of the tree's mass, but I bit the bullet.