Tipuana tipu - to prune or not to prune?

[Tomas]

I need this Tipuana to make the canopy, but the branches are too sparse, do I have to shorten them to thicken the foliage?

Thanks

Tomas

[Silas_Sancona]

4 minutes ago, Tomas said:

I need this Tipuana to make the canopy, but the branches are too sparse, do I have to shorten them to thicken the foliage?

Thanks

Tomas

would trim off any/ all of the droopy lower branches but leave all the ones growing upward.. The " sparse-ness " you're seeing is typical of younger Tipuana. ( the gawky teenager growth phase ) Canopy will thicken up as they get older/ taller. You'd only tip prune if you want to keep the overall height of the tree shorter.

[chinandega81]

Also this is the time of the year they drop their old foliage before sprouting new growth. I would wait for that to happen first and tehn reevaluate after that time-