Winter preparation is essential in order to sustain the life of your trees season after season. Many people leave their trees alone in the winter, but this can often lead to disease and even death. With these few steps provided below, we can help you to preserve your trees and learn future tips to keep your landscaping perfect.

Dead Branches

Clear out limbs, excess branches that look like they are dead or draping over houses and sidewalks. With stress, these can break and cause injury to people or even damage to houses.

Moisture

Allow your trees to get a lot of water during he fall so they do not go dry into the winter. Dry soil can lead to trees dying, and when temperatures hit freezing, a lot more damage will be caused to trees with dry soil. This has the most impact on Evergreen trees, which are of abundance in the Northeast.

Pruning Trees

The best time to prune a tree is in the winter, even though they are inactive and dormant. Season often matters when pruning trees, and weather is the best season. Many people think that pruning trees is est in the middle of growing season to better determine the branches that are alive and which ones are dead.

Mulch, Hydrate and Fertilize

Trees still need attention during the cold days of winter which is why mulching, hydrating and fertilizing the right amount are important throughout every season of the year. Make sure not to add an excess of mulch due to it reducing the tree’s oxygen levels which increase diseases like fungus and increase moisture.

Preparing Trees Before Damage Is Done

Due to the winter months often having a lot of snow, this can create a bad environment for your trees. Excess snow and salt can seep into the soil and damage it’s health. In order to save your trees from salt, you can water the tree to wash out excess salt from the tree and the soil. This will prevent any future damage from the salt.

If you feel that your tree is damaged during the Winter or Fall and needs to be removed, don’t hesitate contact us! Damaged trees can often go unnoticed with the build up of snow, and if you wait too long, it can fall and cause major damage. Inspecting your trees often will help you realize their current state of health.

With Hurricane season ending officially November 20th, and another harsh season of winter storms beginning – our trees can never have a break! Hurricanes this past year have knocked down thousands of trees across the U.S. These major tropical storms were able to weaken trees to the point of falling. Trees would knock out power lines, or even worse, block major roads and even leave people stranded.

With the winter season coming, the same thing is bound to happen. High winds will weaken the tree’s structure and heavy snow will be too much for branches to sustain. Many tree branches fall during the winter, causing damage to houses, yards, etc. If the snow is heavy enough, trees can loosen and fall.

Not only does heavy snow affect the trees, but the cold temperatures cause trees to rot and die. Frost cracks also happen to trees when the temperature is below 15 degrees. The wood contracts faster than the inside layer with a drop in temperatures. This gives the tree big vertical cracks at the weak areas of the tree trunk. Almost all trees can end up with vertical cracks. If you see a lot of cracks in your tree, your tree may be dying. You can contact Precision Cutting Services for a free tree removal estimate.

Aside from the cold weather affecting trees, the lack of water causes the majority of the Northern deciduous trees to fall. Trees with needles are more capable of sustaining winter weather with regards to water loss. Trees with needles have less of a surface area than leaves, which allows for more water-loss control. But, this type of tree with needles such as the conifer, still lose a lot of dead needles off the tree which can cause them to die.

Local blasting in Ansonia, CT is happening . Many complaints from blasting are from the vibrations felt miles away. Sometimes these small vibrations can cause property damage and damage things such as trees. If trees are already unstable, it is likely that they can fall. If you have damaged trees from the blasting, we can help at Precision Cutting Services. We have emergency tree removal to help in events like this where trees may be left unstable.

An accepted distance from any local structures is between 200 ft and 250 ft. In the town of Ansonia, blasting will be a distance of at least 800 ft. Ground vibration can still occur, and even with the extra distance, neighbors are concerned. People are encouraged in the town of Ansonia to document the condition of walls and sidewalks on their property after the blast.

Air blasts from blasting of property are allowed up to 133 decibels, but any amount over 115 decibels is very noticeable with possible house shaking, pictures moving and windows shaking. Sometimes, these blasts can shatter windows, and possibly do more damage. We offer a FREE QUOTE on tree removal services, to estimate how much damage was done. So be prepared for the future blasting, and know that here at Precision Cutting Services, we are here to aide with property damage and removal of trees.