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Saving Money on Your Tree Trimming by Being Informed

You already know that tree trimming is an important service when it comes to keeping your trees healthy and looking good. Just as with all of your home and property maintenance, you want to know you’re saving money without sacrificing quality. Learn how to do that on your tree trimming needs with these professional techniques and timing tips.

Regular Trimming and Pruning

Regular pruning is essential when it comes to saving money. It keeps your trees beautiful and healthy, but it also allows you to avoid more expensive issues later on.

Pruning refers to removing all dead, diseased, overgrown, and unwanted branches. Having your trees routinely pruned lowers the risk of branches breaking and falling during storms. Those falling branches can damage property such as vehicles, fences, and your home, which leads to expensive repairs. As for saving money where your trees are concerned, routine trimming and pruning are much more affordable than emergency cleanup or tree removal after a storm.

Health and Safety

Regularly scheduling tree trimming does more than enhance your property’s appearance. It’s crucial when it comes to creating safe and healthy landscaping. Regular trimming encourages stronger growth and reduces the risk of disease. Healthy trees aren’t likely to develop problems that will require expensive intervention later on.

Eliminate Pests

Dealing with an infestation is costly and may lead to tree removal. Tree trimming is much more affordable than facing that situation. Pests love dead and dying branches. It’s where they live and lay eggs. By removing these branches with regular tree trimming, you help eliminate this problem.

As we trim and prune your trees, we can watch for signs of pest damage. Catching an infestation early on allows you to put an end to it before it becomes a severe and costly issue.

You also want to have your trees trimmed regularly. This will thin out the branches. Overgrown trees are appealing to larger pests as a hiding spot. A professionally trimmed tree won’t provide the shelter they’re searching for.

Timing

Having your trees trimmed in the late winter or early spring can save you money. The trees are dormant at this time of year, which means pruning won’t require as much labor and won’t harm the trees. The wounds will have time to close up before the new growth starts, and this is also when tree services are less busy. That can affect your total cost.

Regular tree trimming will keep your trees beautiful, safe, and healthy. As a result, you’ll be able to save money. The cost of regular trimming and pruning is much more affordable than dealing with bigger issues, property damage, or having to remove your trees completely. Call us at Urban Tree Management in Woodside, CA for more useful information on tree trimming and pruning.

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