Pre-Commercial Thinning
Tightly packed trees are stressed trees
Give your timber growth a boost
Properly spaced trees are happy trees. And happy trees make happy owners.
How to know if your property needs to be thinned:
- see a lot of relatively thin trees spaced together
- when the live crown ratio starts dropping
- disease is present and seems to be growing
Tightly packed trees that compete for the same resources will encounter stifled growth.
Thinning near Addy, WA in early 2022
Before
After
Drone shots of the same Addy WA property
Before Thinning
After Thinning
Key Points to Remember
- Trees compete for light, moisture, and nutrients. If they become too crowded, growth slows and they may die.
- Thinning is intended to stimulate the growth of remaining trees and improve the yield of the stand.
- Thinning should provide more growing space for the best trees, while harvesting diseased, damaged or dying trees