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Why is tree pruning important?
Your trees have likely been in your yard since before you moved in. They seem to take care of themselves! Tree pruning may seem like a luxury, but there are numerous reasons to consider caring for your trees.First, you may find your trees create a few nuisances that you can minimize. Second, but more important, the safety and structure of your trees can be addressed to protect you and your property, and to insure the tree’s long term health. This is when you will want to call upon a
certified arborist
who can give you the best advice and perform proper pruning.
Obvious reasons to prune the trees in your yard:
• Dead wood
• Tree is blocking too much light
• Excess weight on long or droopy branches
• Limbs are too close to gutters, roof or siding
• Broken branches are still hanging
• Branches are interfering with your activities and views around driveways, doorways, windows, patios, pool and the like.
Not so obvious reasons to prune:
• Weak or diseased branches--remove to minimize spread
• Crossing and rubbing branches--eliminate damage to the tree branches.
• Branches are over extended and may break easily during storms or from ice or snow accumulation.
• Branches are interfering with power lines, telephone or cable lines.
• Structural integrity of individual branches or the whole tree is not ideal, but could be improved.
• Decrease wind resistance to reduce chances of tree falling over or breakage of individual branches
• Aesthetics!
• Safety for people, playing, and cars, sheds, play structures, pets, and small trees or shrubs growing underneath.
A Red Maple tree, before (left), and near the end of pruning(right). Pruning this healthy and vigorously growing adolescent tree will decrease the weight on the branches, let wind blow through the tree and allow much more light into the house next to it. This first-ever pruning will create the structure for the tree to mature into. Another pruning in several years will set the stage for this maple to grow into a beautiful, strong, mature tree that the homeowners enjoy having outside their front door.
An arborist has many tasks when up in your trees. However, the main
Goal of Pruning your trees is simply:
• To minimize any hazards
• To create strong trunks and limbs
• To create a structure of branches that can withstand blowing wind, weight of snow, ice, and wet leaves, flowers, fruits or nuts
• To create an overall balanced branch structure in terms of weight and shape
• To create a branching structure that will survive to maturity, or in the case of a mature tree, preserve the tree as long as possible for it’s condition and environment.
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