TREE PRUNING DULUTH, GA

Why pruning the trees?

Pruning is not limited to pruning but should also be a regular part of the maintenance plan for all trees and shrubs.

Proper pruning can promote trees’ vigorous growth, increase flower and fruit production, improve plant health, and remove damaged branches, all of which make a tree attractive. Pruning in the right way at the right time is essential because negligence or excessive pruning can kill a healthy tree. Essentially, pruning should improve the natural shape of the tree.

These are some significant reasons for pruning trees:

• Reduce the risk of failure due to weak or fragile branches
• Provide free space
• Reduce shadows and wind resistance.
• Manage the health of trees
• Manage the production of flowers or fruits.
• Improve aesthetics
• Improve tree structure
• Rescue the trees damaged by the storm

Advantages of tree pruning 
Pruning can bring multiple benefits to your trees and landscape:

Do and Do Not of tree pruning. 

To do:

• Ensure that the arborist are pruning trees according to the American National Standards Institute’s pruning requirements called ANSI A300.
• The standard either recommends or requires the use of specific tools designed for the job, tree cutting and pruning techniques and establishes standard definitions for the terms that arborists will use in their estimates. Pruning calculations for well-pruned trees should be given following ANSI A300 models.
• Poor pruning methods can damage the tree the duration of its life, and thereby reducing the life of the tree.
• Evaluate the trees after storms to see if pruning is required.

 
Do not:

• Pruning for no reason
• Remove more than 25% of the leaves during the growing season.
• Pruning a tree the first year after planting. Special circumstances are okay if you need remove either broken or dead branches.
• Trim it to within 10 feet of the practical guide and hand it to a professional.
• Try to solve the pruning work that requires chainsaws and ladders, and then hand it over to professionals.
• Leave the branch’s heel or cut the branch’s neck (do not miss it flat).
• Climb tree
• Use wound dye
• Strip the inner leaves and branches (also called the lion’s tail)

Classification of tree pruning

Canopy cleaning
Cleaning the canopy includes trimming excess branches and branches from the top. Pruning dead wood and diseased branches is a standard and healthy maintenance method in arboriculture.
Trimming deadwood
One of the most common and natural tree pruning techniques. This technique prunes dead and diseased branches from trees to promote health.
Thinning
removing rubbing branches are standard maintenance practices. Thinning can help reduce trees’ wind resistance and reduce the possibility of trees falling in a storm as well. When properly done, the tree also allows good amount of sunlight for the tree and the plants below it as well.
Raising Canopy
It is necessary to raise the lower branches of trees when branches penetrate buildings or hang in lower positions such as sidewalks or paths. It is essential to take steps when growing the lower branches of trees. Look back at each tree so that the tree remains balanced after pruning.