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It covers pruning as the removal of dead, diseased, and excess branches, emphasizing the right timing, angled cuts from the bottom upward, and using sharp tools to prevent bark damage. It also describes clearing fire breaks around the woodlot to stop fires, including yearly maintenance at the end of the rain season. Finally, it outlines harvesting methods for timber, poles, fuel wood, and improving value through processing into useful products.","Agriculture for Standard Six-Unit 30  \nWOODLOT MANAGEMENT 2  \nEnglish Agriculture  \nAgriculture for Standard Six-Unit 30 WOODLOT MANAGEMENT 2  \nEnglish Zomba, Southern , Malawi  \nCopyright © 2025, Knowledge & Information for Successful Society  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors , illustrators , etc.  \nPRUNING  \nPruning is the process of removing unwanted tree branches. These include dead, diseased and excess branches.  \nIt is important to start pruning trees while they are young.  \nWhen pruning, branches are cut from the bottom upwards to avoid tearing the bark. The cutting must be at an angle.  \nAlways cut using a sharp panga knife or saw. Pruning helps to have straight polesand think trees.  \nPRUNING (Contd)  \nThe removal of the diseased branches helps to control the spread of diseases. Trees must be pruned during the dry season so that the cut wounds should heal.  \nCLEARING FIRE BREAKS  \nA fire break is clearing around the woodlotto prevent fires.  \nIt measures 3 to 5 metres in the width all around the woodlot.  \nThe fire break must be cleared every year at the end of the rain season. Fire breaks help to protect trees from being burnt by fire.  \nHARVESTING  \nHarvesting of trees is done according to the intended purposes. For timber, the trees are harvested when the trunks are thick. For poles and fuel wood, they can be harvested at any time.  \nThin or poorly developing trees can be harvested earlier to enable healthier trees to have more space.  \nThe value of the trees can be improved by processing the trees into products such as timber, mortars, pestles, hoe handles, boats and furniture.  \nThis book is made available courtesy of ‘Jump-Starting Digital Learning in Malawi’, an initiative by Knowledge and Information for Successful Society. The aim is to facilitate continued learning in the event of perennial disasters and pandemics Malawi has been experiencing over the past years. 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