Tree Trimming Tips to Help Keep Your Trees in Excellent Shape

Trees are trimmed for three main reasons:

• Safety – dead, broken, and overgrown tree branches are a serious safety hazard
• Aesthetics – trimming your trees leaves them looking neat and in great shape. Just don’t overdo or try to impose an unnatural size or shape; you may end up damaging your tree.
• And health – sometimes the only way to save an unhealthy tree is by trimming off its affected branches.

Tree trimming or tree removal is an art and a science at the same time. If you don’t have the proper tree trimming principles and how it affects tree growth, you may end up making the same mistakes all over again.

If you want to get it right without damaging your trees, it’s best to trust the task in the hands of a professional.

However, if you’re up for the task, use the following tips when trimming your trees

1. Try to trim your trees during the dormancy period in winter to usher in new growth when the warm season arrives. An exception would be for flowering plants and some evergreen plants.
2. When trimming your trees, always keep the strong branches, and only take them out if they are causing some sort of danger.
3. When you’re done with trimming, ensure the height ratio of the living crown is at least two-thirds of the existing tree height.
4. Consider trimming the young branches, there’s little risk of scarring, and it’s also easy to remove them.
5. Avoid trimming too close to the branch; you may end up cutting off the tree branch collar, which serves a vital role in healing the tree after trimming or pruning. Cutting it off leaves the tree vulnerable to pests and diseases.

Are you ready to trim your trees now? If you have the time and skills, you should get to work. If not, you should consider contacting the experts.

Talk to The Tree Trimming Experts at Wabash Valley Tree Works, LLC

We offer reliable tree services to the whole of Silver Lake, IN, and surrounding areas. We are hands-on with our tasks, and we ensure we give our absolute best to all our projects, big or small.

Give us a call today to start the process of getting healthy and well-maintained trees.