If you want to enjoy your garden or outdoor spaces, keeping on top of tree maintenance is a must. If you don’t look after their health, it can affect everything from their growth to appearance.
Luckily, there are some really good ways to improve the health of your trees, so why not add some of these ideas to your garden plans this year?
Reshape & trim your trees
If you want to keep them in good condition, pruning and reshaping your trees is a great idea.
By removing deadwood, you can encourage healthy growth in the direction you want, creating a more pleasing aesthetical appearance for your garden. Trimming your trees also enhances their structure and strength, removing limbs at their origin.
Performing pruning at the right time of year and using appropriate techniques is essential. Otherwise, you could cause damage that takes years to correct. Therefore, it’s often best to consult an expert arborist about tree trimming services.
Crown thinning
If you want a more subtle option than a complete reduction, crown thinning is a great solution, removing just 30% of this area of the tree. This can provide trees with more storm damage protection while allowing them to move through natural growth cycles.
The thinning process involves the selective removal of some of the inner branches evenly throughout the crown. This permits light through for a brighter garden and improves air circulation without changing the tree’s shape.
Recognise tree disease
Do you know how to recognise the different types of tree disease? By spotting the signs, you can help trees stay as healthy as possible while stopping diseases from spreading from one plant to the next.
If you see anything unusual, such as leaves dying back when you’d expect more growth (e.g. in the warmer months of the year), there could be a problem. You may also notice weeping, unusual coloured sap and lesions at the point branches meet the tree. If you think a plant may have become diseased, you can call a tree surgeon to inspect it to confirm.
There are lots of different solutions available, including the removal of diseased tree branches and the application of fungicide treatments. Regular pruning can also reduce the spread of pests, which can easily move throughout a tree when the canopy is densely packed.
Get advice from a tree surgeon
If you’d like an expert to assess your trees and recommend some of the best ways to improve their health, contact our team today. At DH Tree Services, we offer a variety of expert tree care solutions, from crown reduction and thinning to felling services.
We come out to Surrey, South West London and surrounding areas, offering our tree services in Chessington, Croydon and Purley. For a no-obligation chat about how we can help, please call now on 01737 215 718 or 07872 615 504.
