Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Astung/Ästung

English translation:

pruning

Added to glossary by Teresa Reinhardt
Aug 30, 2005 17:32
18 yrs ago
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German term

Astungen

German to English Other Forestry / Wood / Timber annual report of forestry company
Die Astungen zum richtigen Zeitpunkt und in der
richtigen Art tragen zu einer besseren Stammqualität
bei.

Can someone please help me out with this term? I suspect it means pruning, but is there a better term for larger trees?

Proposed translations

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pruning

you're right!

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Note added at 14 mins (2005-08-30 17:46:30 GMT)
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since it refers to a forestry company, it's done to increase the value of the lumber (fewer/smaller knots), but of course, there's also a trade-off (it's a labor-intensive process that must be done right or the trees actually get worse)
Has nothing to do with surgery; that's when trees are diseased and something is cut out/off
I am also a professional gardener, if that helps.
Peer comment(s):

agree Kim Metzger : Pruning works for large trees too. http://ceinfo.unh.edu/Forestry/largetr.htm
6 mins
Thanks, Kim!
agree Rebecca Garber
1 hr
Thanks!
agree David Moore (X)
14 hrs
Thanks, David!
agree Mario Marcolin
1 day 15 hrs
Thanks, Mario!
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13 mins

lopping, pruning, thinning out

Astung
Künstliches Entfernen von (in der Regel) abgestorbenen Ästen (=Trockenästen), um ein Einwachsen ins Holz und damit eine höherwertige Holzqualität zu erreichen. Das Entfernen von noch lebenden (= grünen) Ästen nennt man Grünastung.
http://www.forst.bayern.de/service/glossar/a-e/

Aufästung (lopping), Aufasten, Aufastung (lopping), Ausästen (lopping, prune, thinning out), Ästung (lopping),
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/english...
Peer comment(s):

agree Tom Funke : ...depending a bit on whether the focus is the cutting action or the general result.
47 mins
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18 mins

pruning

DE: Ästung, Ästungen
Zu den regelmäßig durchgeführten Pflegemaßnahmen zählt auch die Ästung. So bezeichnet man die Entfernung der Äste im unteren, wertvollsten Stammteil bei Kiefern, Douglasien und Lärchen, um ein astreines, wertvolles Stammholzes zu gewinnen. In der Regel beträgt die Entastungshöhe fünf bis sechs Meter.
EN
Pruning, which has several definitions, essentially involves removing plant parts to improve the health, landscape effect, or value of the plant.
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