monkey puzzle

[frankcooper]

i have a monkey puzzle tree ,can i cut the bottom branches of ,and is it ok to do this at this time of year

[nonomaybe]

Why?

[frankcooper]

because the bottom branches will be growing out onto my drive .where i have to access with the car

[mumof3angels]

frank- we have a 40 ft monkey tree and we have cut the branches to about 15 ft up because it was becoming dangerous with the kids-those branches are deadlysharp. Anything we do to that tree does not kill it or harm it in anyway. At the moment our drive has a load of flagstones sticking up because of it's roots. I would say if you cut the bottom branches off it'll be fine but I'm not taking any responsibility cos I'm sure our's has a mind of it's own. We have pigeons roosting in it, and we have the balls of monkey nuts growing at the top. It just lives on and on.

[frankcooper]

Thanks did not no about the roots ,or the monkey balls .thanks

[shazam74]

The Monkey Puzzle Tree was around in prehistoric times so I doubt very much if you will harm it in any way, it must be pretty tough to have survived to this day and age