Pruning Is A Trees Best Friend
Pruning is a process that is regularly needed on all woody landscape plants. Whether it be shrubs, fruit trees, saplings, or mature trees, large or small, 3 Monkeys Tree Service can provide all of your pruning needs. Wondering how to care for your new tree? After selecting the perfect tree and correctly planting it, early pruning is the most important thing you can do for a sapling. What you do for your tree in the first years of its life will affect its health, shape, strength, and life span.
To maintain a healthy safe shrub or tree, proper pruning is needed to remove any dead or dying branches. This is often referred to as cleaning. Thinning should only be done on trees when the crown is too dense. An arborist has training and experience to evaluate this characteristic. Thinning should be focused on the outer areas of the canopy, leaving the interior crown with as many branches as possible. In some instances, the crown or single branches require a reduction in length. This improves the form and shape of the plant, eliminates interference with objects and structures, and compensates for structural weaknesses. The practice known as raising is used when the lower branches may require pruning for similar reasons. Raising can be used to increase the amount of light under the crown of the tree. But one of the most common mistakes made when not using a professional tree service to prune trees is removing too many branches, which can negatively impact the growth rate of the tree.
Arborists are trained to evaluate the condition of your trees. They can determine the types of trimming services that will best meet the needs of your trees and to manage the plant’s health and safety. Tree pruning, trimming, cutting, thinning, and cleaning is a continuous process needed for the tree or shrubs best overall health throughout its life. This practice should continue throughout the entire life of the tree. Pruning during the winter dormancy cycle is typically the most common practice. The reward is a brisk burst of new growth in the spring. It is usually best to wait until the coldest part of winter has passed to prune.
Storm Damage And The Risks Of An Unpruned Tree
Falling trees and tree limbs can cause serious damage to property, other trees, and even injury to people. Not only does pruning improve the health of your trees, but unpruned trees are a safety hazard. Removing the unhealthy branches will greatly reduce the likelihood of any damage being caused during a strong storm. Unhealthy limbs with rot and disease can spread across a tree, making it more likely to fall or break during a storm. So have your trees pruned in the dormant season of late winter for the best health and best growth possible. However, recent studies have determined that thinning live branches to reduce the density of the trees will reduce wind resistance and the damage that we all know a powerful storm can cause so if necessary take action before it’s too late.
Proper pruning will give you a safer, more beautiful, healthier, and easier to maintain the tree. Keep in mind what you do for your tree in the first years of its life will affect its health, shape, strength, and life span. When pruning efforts are strategically focused we can develop healthy mature trees!