Avoid Sudden Limb Drop with Tree Care
Is your tree at risk for sudden limb drop?
If it is mature, has very large limbs, and has large branches that extrude from the rest of the canopy, the answer may be yes. Fortunately, avoiding this potentially disastrous mishap is possible with the use of professional tree care.
While a tree may drop a large limb at any time with, unfortunately, little to no warning, there are ways to prevent this disaster from occurring in your backyard. These include proper fertilization, proper aeration of the roots, insect and disease prevention, watering done the right way and professional trimming.
Proper fertilization can strengthen your tree so that environmental stresses can be more easily tolerated. The key is to avoid too much fertilization (which can cause too rapid, weak growth) as well as not enough. A properly fertilized and stronger tree, of course, is less likely to drop branches.
Suitable aeration can help strengthen your tree, as well. This prevents root damage and subsequent weakening of the tree, which can be a precursor to limb loss.
Prevention of, and treatment for, insects and diseases can enable your tree to withstand damaging weather and extreme temperatures better. Especially if done with the right methods and at the right time.
Watering
Appropriate watering is also a remedy against limb breakage. Instead of watering trees frequently, trees should be watered for long periods of time on an infrequent basis for optimum effect. Giving less water more frequently can actually cause trees to weaken and become more prone to limb problems.
Pruning
Finally, proper pruning of trees, done by a professional, can also decrease the chance of tree damage. Not only can it eliminate potentially dangerous situations, it can help to prevent them from occurring in the first place.
While limb breakage in trees is always a possibility; it doesn\’t have to be one fraught with danger and expensive losses. Proper fertilization, aeration, pest and insect prevention, adequate watering and professional pruning can all decrease the risk of your tree becoming a liability for your property instead of an asset, and the right information regarding all of these solutions can be obtained from a professional tree service.
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