After-Winter Tree Assessment & Evaluation in Edmonton
In the great white north, all Canadians know the importance of caring for their property during and after the harsh winter months. However, one aspect of post-winter home care includes an after-winter tree assessment. At Trusty Tree Services, we are dedicated to providing exceptional tree inspection and recovery services to catch any signs of disease or tree damage early on. Whether you have deep green spruce trees or the bright deciduous birch tree, after-winter tree care is important. This article will look at all the necessary reasons for tree assessments after the winter in Edmonton and other Albertan areas, and how our team performs a comprehensive inspection.
Keep on reading to learn more about the process and reasons for an after-winter tree health assessment.
Why Do You Need an After-Winter Tree Assessment?
While many trees can bear the cold after a long winter, it’s not worth taking your chances. An after-winter tree assessment looks for crucial signs of damage during the harsh, freezing months. Annual post-winter tree inspections assist with preventing major issues such as pest infestation or frost burn and enhance the aesthetics and beauty of your property.
Along with making sure your trees look their best, it’s also a matter of safety. After winter, tree risk assessments help catch any cracks in branches or other hazards from months of heavy snowfall in Edmonton. These tree structure evaluations are important to catch any weak or broken branches before they fall onto public roads, your home, or even worse, onto someone. Don’t skip out on these after-winter tree evaluations, and make it an annual habit after your winter hibernation months.
In conclusion, the main benefits of after-winter tree inspections include:
- Prolonged tree health
- Boosted curb appeal
- Improved tree growth
- Prevents pest infestation and tree disease
- Catches vulnerable branches before they cause damage or injuries
Get your tree inspected so it’s ready for the growing season. As Edmonton’s trusted arborist team, you can always call our local pros for a comprehensive inspection service.
Common Signs Your Tree Suffered Damage After Winter
Hiring a professional arborist for your after-winter tree health assessment is important. At Trusty Tree Services, we offer comprehensive tree inspection services. During these services, we will inspect and assess the tree to check for any of the following:
- Bark damage: Severe weather conditions can puncture, damage, and destroy the protective outer lining of the tree. Have peace of mind knowing that our arborists can spot any signs of bark damage and learn how to address it.
- Tree disease: With excess moisture, mould, mildew, and other unwanted fungi can infiltrate your tree, causing it to become diseased. Some of Alberta’s most common tree diseases include Dutch elm disease, black knot, armillaria root, cytospora canker, and powdery mildew.
- Frost heaving: Another common issue that trees are vulnerable to in Edmonton is frost heaving. This natural process occurs when the soil freezes and thaws between the end of winter and the beginning of spring. As the soil freezes and thaws, it goes through a state of contraction and expansion, in which strain and damage to the tree roots are likely possibilities.
- Animal or pest infiltration: Whether from pests such as beetles or black knots or from squirrels and birds, we can help determine whether you have unwanted company living in and on your tree.
- Winter burn: Winter burn is a specific type of desiccation that occurs during the freezing months. Winter burn causes the foliage to become brown and discoloured, and can even eventually result in tree death. All types of trees are susceptible to winter burn. However, it is most commonly found in evergreen trees such as pine, fir, and spruce trees.
- Salt damage: While some trees aren’t too picky about their PH levels and chemical compounds in the soil, salt is a killer of trees. With months of sidewalk salt tossed onto your walkway, it can seep into the lawn’s soil as it melts, poisoning the tree. Too much salt can cause yellowing, leaf burn, stunted growth, and other issues. When salt damage is an issue found during the after-winter tree assessment, we will have to flush the salt in the soil with a long watering, followed by a mulch treatment to give vital nutrients to the trees’ roots.
- Loose branches: Snow is heavy. Along with the weight of the snow and icicles building up on your trees’ branches, huge gusts of wind in the freezing temperatures make for a tree branch-breaking disaster. After the long winter months, it’s important to catch any loose branches or signs of cracking within the trees’ structure to prevent any fallen branches or other unwanted incidents.
If any of these issues are prevalent, our professional tree care specialists never hesitate to find solutions to treat your tree and restore it back to good health. Get a tree evaluation from our expert team by giving us a call today.
Comprehensive Tree Services Post Tree Health Assessment
Once we have taken the time to assess and evaluate your tree’s structure and health, other measures are necessary to care for your tree. Whether you’re facing a structural defect, a tree disease, or other issues, our tree experts also offer these additional tree care services:
- Tree pruning: We recommend a good old-fashioned tree pruning service in conjunction with our after-winter tree assessment. This beautifies your tree and helps prevent overgrowth, dead leaves, or falling branches. The best time of the year to get a prune is right before the growing season, roughly around February and March, while the tree is still dormant. That’s because dormant trees are not actively growing, making them more flexible and easier to prevent tree damage during trimming.
- Tree cabling and bracing: To support cracked, weak, or diseased trees after the brutality of the winter, we offer tree cabling and bracing services to properly anchor your tree into the correct position, preventing any risk of tree failure, uneven growth, or strained system while it recovers from its damage.
- Tree removal: Tree removal may be a necessary measure for the health and safety of your property. Pests and diseases can weaken the entire tree, including the root system, wherein the tree can die and pose a major risk of falling. With our expert advice, we can determine whether tree removal is necessary or if there are other methods to salvage the tree, such as in instances where the tree is dormant. If tree removal is the best step, we can properly designate its fall with our precise tree removal techniques and tools.
- Storm restoration: We offer storm restoration services for trees that took a fall or have splintered during hail and snowstorms. Some of our methods include tree staking, tree moving, tree removal, and so much more.
- Tree disease treatments: Whether your tree has suffered the consequences of the great outdoors this winter, with bark damage or from winter burn, our team is here to help provide various treatments to care for your sick tree. A lot of methods include cutting out the damaged section, flushing out toxins in the soil, applying fungicides to treat diseases, deep fertilization treatments, and tree cabling and bracing for structural support while your weak tree recovers.
Whether you need tree disease treatments, pruning and trimming, or complete removal services, our highly rated arborists at Trusty Tree Services are here to help with all your post-winter tree projects.
Ready to Get Your After-Winter Tree Health Assessment? Contact Us Today
Keep your tree beautiful and healthy for years with our simple yet effective annual tree inspection and assessment at Trusty Tree Services. Whether your tree has suffered visible damage or you suspect stunted growth from severely freezing weather conditions, you can always rest assured that our team of professional arborists can catch any signs of damage and find reliable solutions to restore your tree’s health for the upcoming summer. Not only can we improve your tree’s health, but with our additional tree care services, including tree pruning, we can prevent costly damage from fallen tree branches. As your certified Edmonton arborist company, you can put confidence in us to treat your various types of deciduous and coniferous trees that may have suffered any damage during the harsh winter season.
Reliable tree assessments and services are just a phone call away. Give us a call today to schedule comprehensive tree health assessment services from our skilled team of arborists at Trusty Tree Services.