SAve, BEautify and Love Your Trees: Tree CAre Tips

You can care for your trees in many ways, such as by mulching and by adding fertilizer to the soil around them. But many homeowners aren't aware of the many benefits that tree trimming can provide. This is especially true if you hire professionals to trim your trees. When you trim your trees, you and your trees stand to benefit in numerous ways.

Helps to encourage new and healthy growth

When trees become overgrown, they can develop weak branches and branch unions. Weak branches not only affect your tree's appearance, but they also take up nutrients that your tree can use to fight disease and heal wounds. A professional tree service can spot and remove weak tree branches that might weaken your tree over time.

Removes dead and diseased branches

Tree branches can become unhealthy and die for several reasons. Sometimes, when a tree's canopy is so thick that its lower branches receive little to no sunlight, those branches eventually die. This is because trees can sense when a branch no longer provides enough food. Branches may also die when a tree's canopy no longer has good air circulation. Pests and diseases proliferate in such conditions.

Dead or diseased branches are unsightly, and they can cause diseases and pests to spread throughout a tree's canopy. As such, these branches should be trimmed away quickly before they begin to affect the health of your trees.

Keeps pests from invading your home

Trees that grow in close proximity to a house offer a bridge for pests to invade your home. These pests may then damage your home. For instance, animals such as roof rats and possums often use trees to gain access to roofs. And once on your roof, these animals may damage your roof and nest in your attic. Trimming branches in close proximity to your roof stops pest invasion.

Keeps you safe during storms

Trees with thick canopies can develop weak branch unions. And branches can sometimes grow so close together that they rub, especially in bad weather. Weak branches and branch unions lead to accidents during storms. If storm season is approaching, this is a good time to have your trees trimmed. That will ensure that you and your home are safe from falling branches.

Helps the other plants in your yard to thrive

A thick tree canopy may also block sunlight and rain from reaching plants in your yard. This will ultimately affect the health and vibrancy of the plants in your yard. Tree trimming can help the plants growing around your trees to thrive.