Atlanta Tree Pruning Services

Tree pruning is one of those tedious yet essential Tree Services we need to attend to assure that developing trees establish a strong structure as well as a desirable form. Pruning a tree is not just cutting off the tips of branches, it also entails knowing what method to use when pruning your tree and where to make your cuts to not only enhance the beauty of the tree but to ensure its health as well. Pruning a tree is both an artistic expression and a scientific endeavor.

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Most self-pruners mistakenly “top” trees to eliminate the tree’s interference with utility wires, views, sunlight, or aesthetics. Simply topping trees creates bushy, unsightly, weakly attached limbs that grow back even higher than they originally were. Consequently, pruning trees by topping them does very little for either the appearance or health of trees.

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Properly pruned trees will remove excessive growth without creating other problems. In fact, some arborists claim that trees should never be topped as topping starves a tree because it drastically reduces the trees food-making ability, making a tree more susceptible to disease and insect infestation.

Should you choose to prune your trees yourself, keep in mind the one-fourth rule and the one-third rule that many certified arborists follow. First, never remove more than one-fourth of the crown of a tree during that tree’s growing season. Second, try to prune so that side branches are one-third off vertical, with main side branches being at least one-third smaller than the tree truck diameter. Also, try not to remove a main branch on any tree. However, if it becomes necessary to remove one, cut the main branch back to where it will become attached to another large branch or the tree’s trunk.

Pruning a tree is a very delicate procedure. Why risk the health of your trees trying to prune them yourself. Contact our Atlanta Tree Pruning Services Company for the pruning of your trees, and you won’t have to worry about pruning rules at all.

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Atlanta | Gwinnett County | Dunwoody | Georgia