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Maple trees pruned during the winter are prone to “bleeding” sap from pruning cuts done during the late winter through early spring. This directly corresponds with the time maple sap run occurs.

Pruning is crucial for this type of tree. The Autumn Blaze Maple is particularly prone to double or triple leaders as the lateral branches are quite prolific and fast-growing.

Q: We are brand new owners of a Japanese maple in the backyard of a house we recently purchased. We’ve heard the best time to trim our tree is in the fall after the leaves have fallen off.

Sometimes just keeping an eye on the tree is enough. “With a big-leaf maple, which we have a lot of in this area, you can wait quite a time to prune,” he says.

Eventually the tree will seal the pruning cut. Do not prune your maples until they are 10 years old. Maples are slow growers and need time to develop before their growth is slowed by pruning.

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While there are plants to prune to prune in October, as part of a fall gardening checklist, it does not mean all trees, shrubs, or perennial plants should be trimmed.

"It is so big that when you're inside the tree, people walk by and they don't even know that you're in it," Scot Wineland said.