Tree pruning, similar to trimming, involves selective branch cutting to achieve specific goals. Objectives include removing structural defects and decay, increasing sunlight, improving walkability and views, enhancing weather resistance, and boosting fruit production.
What is Tree Pruning?Tree pruning, almost synonymous with tree trimming, involves intentional and selective cutting of branches to achieve specific results. Some objectives include pruning to eliminate structural defects, to eliminate decay, for more sunshine on the yard to make it easier to walk under the tree, for a better view, to make the tree more resistant to weather events, for more fruit, etc.
Generally, trees are trimmed to make the trees safer to live around, or to correct a defect. Here is a list of some of the more common defects pruning can help correct:
Co-dominant stems
Branch crossovers
Broken, dead, diseased or deformed branches
Trees spaced too close together
Crown too dense
Tree misshaped
Storm damage
Tree leaning excessively over home
Branches blocking a view
Too much weight on the end of a branch
One branch too large in relation to the tree
Pruning a tree's dead branches can help prevent branches from falling on your home, but it also reduces the risk of decay from the dead branch migrating into the live wood.
How to Prune?
Generally smaller cuts made more frequently are better than larger cuts made infrequently. The standard covers where on the branch to make the cut, how much of the tree to cut and prohibits the use of climbing spikes by the tree trimmer.
When to Prune?
Some trees have unique criteria to be considered when pruning so it’s important to identify the species of tree prior to pruning. We can offer some general seasonal tips about tree trimming.
Spring: Trim flowering trees soon after blossoms fall
Summer: Minimize pruning, but dead wood prune
Fall: Dead wood, smaller live cuts
Winter: Best time to trim most trees, especially if you need to make larger cuts
Offering any-size tree removal, stump grinding, tree trimming, pruning, elevating, topping-off, shaping around, thinning-out, hauling away wood, debris, lots or land clearing and after-storm clean-ups, crane services.
We specialize in handling trees close to power-lines, houses, buildings, fences, etc.
Tree pruning, similar to trimming, involves selective branch cutting to achieve specific goals. Objectives include removing structural defects and decay, increasing sunlight, improving walkability and views, enhancing weather resistance, and boosting fruit production.
Stump removal completes tree removal, often requested later due to its extra cost. Stumps are typically cut close to the ground, but large stumps may remain tall due to cutting difficulty. These can be transformed into lawn decorations.
Remodeling the entire house both interior and exterior.
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