Pruning
Faced with the various repercussions of climate change (ice, high winds…), it is important to maintain trees properly. Good pruners are needed. Pruning is preferable to get more light and refine the shape of your trees. We also specialize in pruning to keep trees healthy, remove dead wood and weight that could cause them to fall.
In the face of various climate change impacts such as high winds, it is important to maintain trees properly. Hiring good pruners is a necessity. They will proceed to the pruning, an operation allowing to optimize the luminosity and to refine the shape of your trees.
We even intervene in restricted areas.
What is pruning?
Pruning consists of pruning a tree, so as to shorten the crown or the side branches. This technique is often confused with pruning, although the two practices are different.
Pruning has an aesthetic and safety objective. It is frequently practiced in urban environments and on different species, in particular elm, willow, poplar or oak.
Regardless of the species, contacting a pruner is necessary when a tree needs maintenance. The signs are generally the same: his silhouette is unharmonious. Its branches go in all directions. From this moment the plant can spoil the appearance of the garden.
What are the benefits of pruning?
A tree must be regularly maintained, just like flowering plants and shrubs. Pruning is an operation with many benefits for plants:
- Maintain health: A regularly pruned tree stays healthy, as dead branches will be cut off as you go. Knowing that these can become vectors of disease. The plant will then continue to bear fruit and develop leaves after pruning.
- Give a beautiful appearance: a well-kept plant presents a harmonious silhouette. It is important to remember that pruning is focused on aesthetic correction. This basically consists of removing the old branches responsible for the brushy effect.
- Ensure safety: pruning is necessary for a large tree. This operation is even unavoidable in urban areas, where electrical installations are omnipresent. Without maintenance, the plant exposes to dangers and accidents.
- Maintaining fruit quality: Maintaining a tree is essential to ensure that it continues to produce fruit in quantity and quality. Pruning is one of the essential actions to be carried out.
- Reinforce the strength of the wood: the quality of the wood of a regularly pruned tree is better. It will be interesting to transform it into firewood or fodder.
What are pruning techniques?
· The drawdown
This technique brings vigor to the plant. Result: The risk of falling branches is reduced. The operation is focused on the pruning of the side branches.
The pruner uses specific equipment to reduce the tufted appearance of branches weakened by winter. Eventually, the tree gains both strength and density.
· Enlightenment
This technique consists of removing the side branches and thinning the crown of the tree. It is above all in terms of the equipment used that this technique differs from drawdown.
Thanks to the thinning of a tree, the surrounding space and structures benefit more from the sunshine. Removing dead branches also improves photosynthesis. This process is essential to preserve the health of a tree.
In all cases, the pruning specialist will first establish a diagnosis to better define the needs of a tree.
When to prune?
There are two options that can be considered, i.e. pruning once a year or on demand. We recommend that you do this before spring.
This will allow the tree to draw the energy it needs to produce leaves and fruit during the summer months. The sap will be able to concentrate on the useful branches.
Entrust the pruning of a tree to Arboxygen
At Arboxygen, we have a team of specialized pruners available to you for interventions in the Quebec region. We operate in different areas, even the most remote ones. You can use our services to keep your trees healthy and maintain them so that they continue to beautify your garden.
Also contact us for diagnostic services, an essential step in determining the need for pruning. Do not hesitate to call us for all your questions and to request information.
Depending on the situation, we can suggest various services to extend the life of your trees. Indeed, we are also specialized in pruning, felling, care, deforestation, planting and treatment of tree stumps.
