Pruning and thinning of your Northland forest is important to make sure that when harvested, your timber meets both New Zealand and export market requirements. Hiring Mid Northern Forestry to take care of your planting, pruning, thinning, spraying and maintaining your trees ensures your forest can grow larger and have healthier trees.
As well as planting for your forest establishment and caring for young trees, our silviculture work includes spraying for weed control, plus pruning and thinning to waste. Pruning removes branches from the lower sections of a tree and thinning is the selective removal of trees to achieve an optimum final crop.
Formative pruning from an early age of the trees is highly beneficial and the timing and age at which thinning should be done depends on the wood type, the initial tree spacing, your tree species, and the markets. Talk to us if you have any questions or would like us to do a site visit and give you our expert advice.
High quality timber will meet the needs of your markets and our forest care includes: