Heading back definition
Heading back means a pruning process where overall reduction of the mass of a Tree is achieved by modification to major limbs.
Heading back means cutting a shoot or branch back to a bud, stub, or lateral branch not large enough to assume apical dominance.
Heading back means the overall reduction of the mass of a tree by modification to major limbs. The diagram that follows is illustrative of “heading back” within the meaning of this chapter.