Maintaining trees is a lot like getting a routine dental cleaning—good, bad, or otherwise. If you don’t maintain your teeth or have them checked periodically by a dentist, then you run the risk of your teeth having major problems in the long term. Trees share many similarities to teeth. Older trees, especially, should be checked and maintained periodically by a certified arborist.
If you don’t take the time to maintain your landscape trees, they often run the risk of developing wood rot inside open cavities, root decay, cracking or breaking. Sounds a lot like if you don’t maintain your teeth! Unfortunately, these problems are irreversible and may require tree removal once they become a potential hazard.
Ultimately, it costs more to remove and replace a tree (just like a tooth) than to maintain it in the long term. If you like your trees, you should invest in proper maintenance to extend the life of the tree.
A certified arborist has the training and tools necessary to perform a tree risk assessment. This assessment considers the potential of the tree to fail, the environment that may contribute to failure, and the potential target.
Annual tree assessments are more effective than one-time inspections to monitor changes that might occur over time. Tree Services Sydney can also do routine tree maintenance and risk management tasks such as pruning dead or diseased branches, scouting for insects and diseases, and treatment, if necessary.
Not all insects and diseases are practical to treat and some are of minor concern and may not need treatment. Training young trees with proper pruning techniques can avoid future structural defects that cannot be corrected later.
