You can help your trees get ready for different weather elements by performing consistent and proper tree pruning.
Storms in the United States can be very intense. Some years, we get plenty of thunderstorms and strong winds, and other years, we get less. A few areas of the country are hit much harder than others, depending on their overall potential for tornadoes and hurricanes. Sometimes, there’s hail and flooding that can come along with gusty wind. While we can’t ever predict what Mother Nature will bring, preparing for the spring and summer storms could help protect homeowners in case 2025 is one of the more extreme years. Read on to learn how tree trimming could assist in reducing expensive storm damage on your property and which steps you can take now so your trees will stand stronger against storms once they come through!
What Does Preparing Your Trees for a Storm Mean?
There is a tendency to be reactive when handling storm damage. The storm comes through and breaks a few of the tree branches, splits your tree in half, or blows over your trees, and then you call a tree care service for possible emergency tree removal services. Being proactive is typically the better way to make your trees storm-prepared and can help reduce possible damages. Being storm-prepared doesn’t fully protect your trees from any damage, but it does help your trees get ready for different weather elements by performing consistent and proper tree pruning. You can avoid possible structural issues with trees by pruning them. This could be done by removing your dead limbs, removing or reducing the size of any branches with inadequate structures. Arborists can help cut back long and heavy limbs, reducing the weight of trees that decay and removing weight from a heavy side of a tree by adding bracing or cabling to help support a tree with other co-dominant leaders.
How Does Tree Trimming Help with Storm Damage?
There are many warning signs in your trees that can indicate bad structural damage and possible safety hazards, especially when strong gusts of wind come through and shake the entire foundation.
- Large dead tree limbs
- Weakened branch attachments
- Heavy, long limbs
- Signs of possible decay
- Cracks in the tree
- Heavy leaning
Tree Care and Maintenance from Harford Tree
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