Trimming, pruning, etc., are all essential tree care options to keep them healthy and avoid costly removal in the future. However, you shouldn’t have to wait until the last minute to be involved with their health – like any living thing, they need regular check-ups. Your trees may look fine, but there may be something more negative lurking beneath the surface; there are many reasons to schedule healthy tree check-ups today!
What’s Involved In Healthy Tree Check-Ups?
You may be asking yourself, What exactly does a tree checkup entail? Why haven’t I heard of this before? At the very least, many lawn maintenance professionals perform basic checkups while going about their tasks, but let’s take a more in-depth look at what this means.
Visual Inspection
Sometimes, the easiest way to catch a problem is to look a little deeper than normal. Starting with the basics, we perform a visual inspection of the tree to examine its leaves, branches, and roots for signs of disease like root rot and drought stress, or infestations from pests like gypsy moths and southern pine beetles. If you’ve encountered bad weather or other outside forces that can cause tree damage, identifying those problem areas and how to fix them is essential if you want those trees to stick around!
Soil and Environment Investigation
If your soil isn’t healthy, your plants and trees won’t grow properly; they and the surrounding environment should be in a healthy condition, with no competition from other plants. It’s also important to note the moisture levels and drainage, ensuring that the roots won’t develop root rot or other diseases that could weaken the tree.
Integrity Check-Up
Like with your home, structural integrity in your trees is everything if you want them to last! You can evaluate the structural integrity of the tree, specifically the trunk and branches, identifying potential weak spots that can become a hazard to those below. Examples of this are rotted branches that can break and fall, or weak points near the base that could cause the tree to topple in a bad storm.
Investigating Its Overall Health
The most obvious form of a healthy tree checkup is to assess its overall health; you can tell a lot about a tree based on its characteristics! These include leaf color, growth patterns, bark coloration, and the presence of fungi such as Armillaria or Inonotus Dryadeus, which can kill your trees.
How Often Should I Have My Trees Inspected?
Everyone’s property is different, and you might have different trees than your neighbor; this means you need an individualized maintenance plan and checkup schedule that works for you. These are essentially physicals for your trees, done routinely, the same way you’d go to the doctor. A professional can offer recommendations for the best tree care and provide solutions to any potential problems they find.
We believe that at least once a year, you should have your trees evaluated, or after severe weather events that could’ve caused damage to the limbs, trunk, or roots.
The Benefits Of Checking On Your Trees
Aside from having healthy, beautiful trees in your yard, regular tree checkups also ensure the safety of those on your property by searching for hazards amongst your trees and handling them accordingly. Additionally, we can identify problems and handle them accordingly, promptly if your trees are regularly inspected. We can help with pest treatment, soil changes, and pruning to restore that beautiful, healthy glow to them!
You can also easily track strange growth patterns, color changes, or accelerated wilting when you utilize regular inspection services!
Scheduling Your “Tree Appointment”
NRV Tree Guy specializes in thorough, healthy tree checkups, offering the helping hand in lawn care and tree maintenance you’ve been missing out on. We want what’s best for your trees, lawn, and home – and we are ready to schedule your tree’s yearly checkup when you are!
