Tree Care 101: Simple Steps to Ensure Your Trees Thrive

Have you ever thought about living in a world without trees?! Do you think that it would look pretty?! Personally, I cannot imagine a world without them! Aside from being the perfect scenery and providing our world with beauty, trees are paramount for stabilising the soil, improving the air quality, improving the climate around your home by keeping warmth in winter and shade in summer, and boosting our health and overall well-being.

Trees also make a home and food for a number of animals and insects, so yeah I think that a world without them would be a sad one. In a world of so many trees to choose from, finding the right ones to plant around your home is super easy. You just need to consider all options, compare their appearance, type, and size, and pick the ones that best meet your needs and the surrounding area.

 

How to Take Care of a Tree?

The one thing you should know about trees is that they require constant care and maintenance in order to thrive and be alive. String branches and abundant foliage are signs of trees that have been well taken care of, otherwise you risk dealing with disease, drying and unfortunately tree removal. Avoiding this is super easy, you just need to learn about the most basic steps and that’s it.

 

Get Professional Tree Risk Assessment

Inspecting and checking on your trees on a regular basis is essential for keeping them in good condition all the time. Unfortunately, quite often people don’t have the time to do this regularly, so in order to avoid any unwanted situation, it would be better if you hire professionals. In fact, hiring the services of tree health care can help your tree live a long and healthy life.

Using the services of a reliable and trusted tree service company means that you will be dealing with professional arborists who will provide you with expert advice and professional care. Thanks to their knowledge and the use of professional equipment, you can have peace of mind that your trees will be always thriving.

Being professional and having non-stop access to your site means that they will do constant evaluation which can significantly reduce the chances of dealing with problems. Given the fact that you will be dealing with professionals, expect to receive visual and more detailed inspection with the help of quality diagnostic tools in order to detect any kind of problem for a prompt and better resolution.

They can also provide you with a personalised maintenance program that will use the right fertilisers, additives and growth promoters that are designed to provide you with the needed results. When using the services of a tree health care professional, you can also expect to receive pest and disease control, as well as advice on how to deal with everything during the entire inspection and treatment process.

They will prepare a maintenance program regarding the soil and trees’ roots too to ensure your trees have the best possible growing place. Caring for the trees’ crowns will ensure you get the best out of them. Since you’ll be working with arborists who know their work, you can have peace of mind that every advice coming from them will be honest and right.

 

Contact Professionals When You Notice Something

Even though the professionals will do everything to protect your trees to help them thrive, you should still be prepared for unpredictable things. So, in case you notice something that isn’t right, immediately contact the tree risk assessor. Thanks to the professional approach, he/she can even save the tree/s.

When at your home, don’t feel intimidated to seek professional advice on how to inspect when something’s not right or you don’t know how to mulch. Moreover, by any means, do not try to move a younger tree from one place to another on your own since you don’t have the needed experience and equipment to do that. Instead, wait for your arborist and let him/her do the job right.

 

Water It

Okay, this is a no-brainer but nonetheless it needs to be mentioned. Water is maybe one of the most crucial things a tree needs to thrive properly. You know what they say right, there’s no life without water, the same goes for trees as well. Even though older trees might not need as much watering as younger trees, they still need watering from time to time.

During the first two years of their life, trees need to be watered at least once in a few weeks to encourage root growth, and once mature this can be done several times a month or more frequently during hot summer days. Watering them as required is needed not only to keep them good and thriving but also to keep them from drying and overwatering. Both drying and overwatering are bad for trees as both can lead to damage and deterioration.

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