Crystal River Storm Preperation Trimming
Preparing your trees for hurricanes and high winds
When preparing your Crystal River trees for high wind events such as a hurricane, its important to make sure your arborist does not remove too much leaf mass from your trees.
High wind storms typically strip many of the leaves from the branches, sending the tree into stress. Removing too much leaf mass prior to the storm, especially within a month or so, makes your tree more vulnerable as it adds more undue stress to the tree.
Removing too many leaves from your tree's branches, will also create a deficiency in the photosynthesis (how the tree creates energy) process, causing the tree to relay on stored energy for important functions and also for producing more leaves as a response to make up for the deficiency.
Each time your trees are stressed, they are more susceptible to pests and disease, so it is recommended to remove only 25% of your tree's leaf mass in any annual growing season.
Services We Offer
Tree Risk Assessments
Condition Rating Assessments
Trimming & Crown Cleaning
Reduction Pruning
Restoration Pruning
Cabling & Bracing
Cavity Repair
Root Barriers
Correct Storm Pruning
Trees need as much of their foliage as possible, especially during storms. Leaves manufacture carbohydrates for energy and defense through the process of photosynthesis.
Preferred pruning is to remove dead branches, diseased branches and broken branches that tend to stress the tree's resources. This will ensure your tree has the best chance of recuperating from any high wind damage that may occur.
If your tree is too tall and toppling is a concern, reduction pruning (by no more than 25%) can be used to mitigate that risk.
Your Crystal River trees will stand a better chance of surviving a high wind storm when they are more compact in size and have a lower center of gravity.
Our professional Crystal River arborist can help you understand what's happening to your tree and provide the information necessary to make an informed decision.
Cities & Areas We Proudly Serve
Ocala Florida
Summerfield Florida
Belleview Florida
The Villages Florida
Brooksville Florida
Inverness Florida
Lady Lake Florida
Crystal River Florida
Leesburg Florida
Wildwood Florida
Dunnellon Florida
Citrus Springs Florida
Bushnell Florida
Clermont Florida
Eustis Florida
Mt Dora Florida
Tree Risk Assessments
Every year defective trees claim lives and cause damage to property, which many times could have been prevented.
A Tree Risk Assessment is a vital part of caring for your family, business and property, because it provides you with the necessary information you need to make the best decisions concerning your trees.
Our Certified Arborists are continually educated and trained and can provide you with a written assessment of your Crystal River Florida trees.
Professional Tree Services
Serving Marion, Sumter, Lake and Citrus counties for more than 40 years. Owned and operated by an ISA Certified Arborist.
Services We Offer
Tree Trimming
Tree Removal
Tree Pruning
Tree Risk Assessments
Cabling & Bracing