Old guy at the job site taught me more than my certification

I was pruning a big pin oak in Chesterfield last Tuesday and this retired arborist named Roy stopped to watch. He told me I was cutting branch collars too flush and showed me the exact angle he used for 40 years. I've been doing this for 5 years and never caught that detail. Anyone else have a random passerby drop knowledge that changed how you work?

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quinn_nguyen25d ago

Guess I've been trimming trees like I style my hair, all wrong and way too short.

the_david25d ago

Man I feel that, my trees look like I used a weed whacker blindfolded.