My redbud tree has two 1 1/2 inch branches that are intertwined with one of the 3 main trunks. Can I remove these in the fall?

Plug in the lights to make sure all the bulbs are working. Starting at the top of the tree, intertwine the lights on top of and under branches. Work your way down and around the tree, hanging lights in the back as well. When you reach the bottom, hide any extra lights behind the tree

At least try - prune some damaged branches back, may be to the trunk + may be just to green wood you may also need to bring the height down, you may then find the tree will bush out. some feed will help.

Hello -

The information here may prove instructive:
http://www.californiaavocadogrowers.com/cultural-management-library/avocado-tree-pruning-basics

Also see the information here:
http://www.treeremoval.com/trimming-and-pruning/how-to-grow-and-prune-an-avocado-tree/

Regarding the tree root / roots and removal, you can find instructions here:
https://www.wikihow.com/Dig-up-Tree-Roots

However, removal of the avocado tree root / roots may promote root rot for the tree and may lead to eventually killing the tree. For root removal, I would recommend you contact a nearby tree surgery business for advice and for the actual root removal.

Best wishes.

safety helmet
safety glasses
cut smaller branches first
cut small lengths
have a friend as a look out for power wires and other obstructions that branches can fall on
never cut while on a ladder
use a trestle and not a step ladder

G'day Patti, unless you want to look beyond the tree it would be advisable to leave the lower leaves and branches. The lower branches hide little critters from big critters. Cheers Greg.

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Pine trees seal themselves with sap fairly quick so you don't have to worry. If the needles are turning yellow and dropping it could be experiencing some shock or it may just be dropping needles for the fall.
If the needles are actually turning brown, check the trunk and branches for signs of boring insect damage such as hole with sap coming out.

little light on the details; but if you're talking trees, dead stuff first.
Then decide what you are needing to do.

To thin ... remove up to half of the limbs back to the trunk. Don't just shorten them or you'll get thicker outer branches. You could remove outer branch back to a division pointing upward.

To shape ... cut outer growth back to a shorter branch going in the right direction.

Don't remove more than a third each year until it looks right to you.

Sap is the pines natrural defense and protective measure when the tree has a break or cut in the bark or is being attacked by insects. So the sap could be seeping out from a broken branch or if it is a borer, there would be small holes(1/4 inch or less) in the bole(trunk) of the tree and there will also be sawdust coming out of the holes and around the base of the tree from the larvae eating the tree.

This is an old post, but I didn't see any replys, so I decided to answer. Trees are pruned to help it obtain and maintain a desirable shape and to help it to make more branches and become fuller.

With that in mind, if you have one branch that is out of shape, by all means you can prune it. I would cut it just above a bud node. That takes the "vertical" growth away from that branch and forces the rest of that branch to grow "out" not "up" by making more lateral branches and become fuller.