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How Do I Care For My Trees In Winter?

From privacy, to home value, trees enhance our property and landscapes for a large number of reasons. Keeping your trees healthy and full of the proper nutrition is vital, especially in winter time.

Investing in your trees health before it’s too late or before a storm comes will be much more cost efficient in the long run.

We created a list of a number of ways to keep your trees in Watkinsville healthy during this year‘s winter:

Proper Pruning

Preparing your trees for winter starts with pruning dead or weak branches. If a snow or ice storm happens to come and your tree is full of branches that are not healthy enough to hold up, this could open your tree up to disease and prevent it from being able to heal itself. A certified arborist in Watkinsville could determine the health of your tree and provide you with a written parenting schedule that best fits your trees specific needs.

Remove broken limbs and branches

After the snowstorm, your trees will likely have many dead limbs and branches hanging from them. It’s best to perform proper pruning techniques to remove these branches and allow the tree to heal properly. This prevents further disease or decay from infecting the tree. hey certified arborist in Watkinsville would be able to determine if your trees are healthy enough to withstand the winter weather.

Less is more

A very common tendency of homeowners is to try and remove the snow and ice from their trees which actually causes more breakage and damage in the long run. It’s very important to have a certified arborist from North American tree service evaluate and assess your trees help to prevent winter damage from causing tree decline.

If you have concerns about the health of your trees in Watkinsville, have a certified arborist from North American tree service come out for a free estimate in a valuation of your trees and property before it’s too late! The cost of routine and preventative care is much less than the cost of removing the tree off of your roof! Click the link below to get started on a free estimate with North American tree service today!




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