What are Some Benefits to Pruning Your Trees in the Winter?
Some Benefits to Pruning Your Trees in the Winter Include: Reduces the risk of spreading fungal diseases like Dutch Elm, Oak Wilt, and Hypoxylon Canker Prepares trees for a healthier and robust Spring Easy to Evaluate the Structure In the winter months, your deciduous trees will lose all of their leaves and this makes all the limbs and the structural integrity of the trees easy to evaluate. Evergreens don’t lose their leaves or greenery in the same manner, but if you have a mixture of both types of trees, your evergreens may lose some needles or leaves from winter weather and storms. On your deciduous trees, it’s much easier for a trained professional to identify any dead limbs that need to be pruned. They can also identify any dangerous branches that may fall on a person or a structure when they are weighed down by thick ice or snow. This benefit is to keep your trees safe. Spring Has Sprung When you have your trees pruned in late winter, it allows you to contain them i...