Have you ever thought about winter tree care? Not to worry because this is something not many people have considered. As soon as the cold weather arrives, tree care is forgotten about. But there are actually a lot of advantages for maintaining your trees during the winter. Our team at Five Star Tree Services want to go over all the benefits winter tree care has for your trees.
Not As Stressful on Trees
All deciduous trees become dormant in the winter, they shed their leaves and “hibernate” until spring comes along. This makes things like pruning less stressful for the tree. It won’t be expending its energy and can focus on new growth in the spring.
Storm Damage Decreases
Pruning your tree gives it less of a chance to be damaged by winter storms. When dead, damaged, or weak branches are removed before a storm hits, this provides the tree with strong and stable branches that will help it withstand bad storms better.
Soil Impaction Control
During the winter, the ground freezes and becomes very hard. This means it doesn’t move when you are walking on it. If you are doing things like pruning a tree, what can typically happen in the spring and summer is that the soil becomes impacted from walking on it. This can hurt the tree, so you can avoid this by doing your tree maintenance in the winter.
Tree Structure Assessments are Easier
As we previously mentioned, deciduous trees shed their leaves in the fall before going to sleep for the winter. Since your trees are now technically naked, it makes it easier to spot problems and structural defects that would otherwise be hidden by the leaves.
Disease Chances Decrease
Trees like birch, oak, and elm should only exclusively be pruned in the winter months. This is because insects like to spread diseases like oak wilt and Dutch elm disease. Since insects aren’t active during the winter, this allows you to safely prune your trees without concern for it getting a disease.
How Five Star Tree Services Can Help
Caring for your tree in the winter has many benefits. It can help them brace themselves for storms and prepare them for new growth in the spring. This also gives you more time in the spring to focus on other things, since things like pruning have already been done. Our team at Five Star Tree Services can help you this winter with our tree care services in Toronto. Give us a call at (416) 990-3355 if you are interested!