When should you trim your trees?

When should you trim your trees? Trees can become overgrown for many different reasons. Over time, trees can cause damage to your home if the tree’s branches are too close to your house, or they begin to overgrow the yard that you have worked so hard on. Mature trees need to be pruned before they do extensive damage to your property and cause injuries.

Trim Your Trees to Remove Excessive Growth

Trees can become overgrown for many different reasons. Over time, trees can cause damage to your home if their branches are too close to your house, or they begin to overgrow the yard that you have worked so hard on. Overgrown trees need to be trimmed before they do extensive damage to your property and cause injuries.

Blooming Trees

Trees become overgrown in many ways. Either it just takes a long time for them to grow, or their natural growth is accelerated due to age or other external factors. Overgrown trees tend to be more flexible than average, which causes the branches of the tree to come within inches of reaching people and at dangerous angles (i.e., right above your head while you’re walking).

Tree branches might block sunlight from entering windows and entering the house, which can cause other issues. Overgrown trees also become more at risk of being cut or broken due to weather conditions and high winds. Dense trees have a very high chance of becoming diseased and should be kept at a safe distance from your home.

Tree Pruning

To protect your roof from nearby overgrown trees, you should try to prune the tree at least once or twice a year. Overgrown trees that are too close to your roof could damage it by causing their branches to break and fall onto your roof, causing leaks.

Healthy trees also drop many leaves, which may clog gutters if not removed regularly. Over time, this can lead to drainage problems, which cause water damage inside the house. Overgrown trees may even begin damaging other parts of your home due to rot because of their proximity to an area where rainwater is retained for extended periods (i.e., doorways).

Best time to Prune

You can tell when a tree has overgrown if you can see the tree from your window or if it seems to be too close to the house. Overgrown trees are also more likely to have excess foliage, leaves, and dying branches.

Dense trees will also cause your property value to decrease if they begin damaging other parts of your home—not to mention that they become dangerous for the overall health of nearby people. Overgrown trees should be pruned before they cause extensive damage to your home.

Proper Pruning

If you are thinking about pruning or trimming your tree, you should look for a qualified tree service that has experience in this area. Overgrown trees are more likely to be dangerous if they are trimmed improperly or by someone who does not know what they are doing.

Other Trees

The most common types of overgrown trees homeowners have to include are palm trees, pine trees, birch trees, oak trees, and fir trees. Overgrown palm trees begin to lose their fronds (leaves) because the tree starts producing seeds instead of leaves.

This causes the palm branches to droop closer to your house, or it becomes easier for them to become broken during high winds. Overgrown pine trees may lose needles which can clog gutters. Overgrown firs usually proliferate and begin dropping needles near your home, where they are hard to clean up due to the lack of sunlight in that area caused by the overgrowth of the fir tree.

If you want professional assistance with trimming your overgrown trees or any other type of yard maintenance help, contact a local landscaping company today!