Trees add both curb appeal and property values, yet require year-round care in order to flourish. An ISA-certified arborist’s expertise, like Boise Tree Service, is indispensable throughout each season.
Beginning by conducting a soil test and amending as necessary. Mulching helps retain water and promote hydration while also keeping weeds at bay.
Spring
Planting new trees, repotting, fertilizing, pest control, pruning and watering are among the many common spring tree services. Watering helps ensure adequate soil conditions that help trees and shrubs withstand disease and drought more easily.
Early bloom deciduous trees should be pruned for shape, removing excess flowers as necessary. Oaks and Elms should be pruned after flowering is complete to reduce insect issues. Mulching around their bases provides protection from winter temperatures and snowfall.
If your tree is showing signs of stress, a certified arborist should conduct an assessment. This may include issues like no buds opening up, brown or yellow leaves turning yellow, wilting foliage or uneven growth patterns. Any issues discovered should be corrected prior to summer storm season starting; tree planting, stump grinding, bracing and cabling services are typically completed during this season too.
Summer
An attractive tree canopy adds aesthetic value, lowers energy costs and adds property value. Properly maintained trees also help improve your yard’s health while providing storm safety measures during extreme weather events.
Springtime is an ideal time of year to promote tree growth through strategic pruning and increase their aesthetic appeal, such as trimming dead or diseased limbs and improving tree shapes, while clearing away any weeds near their trunk bases.
Mulching can save water, regulate soil temperature and reduce weed growth – three essential benefits that will help your trees flourish! Applying a layer of mulch around their bases is one way you can ensure they grow successfully.
Your trees and shrubs must be properly prepared for harsh winter storms by being pruned in advance. Pruning will allow for a healthier growing season next Spring by strategically pruning bushes in fall and watering trees regularly during the winter season – this helps ensure strong roots before entering dormant season.
Fall
Fall weather brings back outdoor activities, including yard work and tree care. Pruning deciduous trees helps them prepare for winter while eliminating potential risks that could damage property or harm people.
Now is an ideal time to begin cabling and bracing evergreen trees to reduce the strain caused by wind, snow and ice accumulation. Bracing also serves to strengthen poor branch unions or overextended limbs.
As evergreens enter their winter dormancy stage, they require less supplemental water. Soil should remain moist but not saturated to prevent root rot or fungal infections from occurring.
Mulch should be spread around evergreen trees to retain water and prevent weed growth, as well as collect firewood for winter use. Renting a chipper can turn fallen branches and twigs into valuable mulch that will protect the ground against weed growth in spring.
Winter
Boise’s semi-arid climate provides for an extended growing season; winter is the optimal time for pruning most fruit trees. By giving the tree time to heal and harden before fruiting begins, winter pruning provides optimal conditions for safer ladder work.
Now is also an ideal time for pruning flowering trees and shaping deciduous ones, repotting existing trees, planting new ones and mulching root zones if possible before fertilizing – or waiting until soil freezes before fertilizing is necessary.
Salt can be detrimental to trees, so try to limit their exposure along roads and driveways. Salt extracts moisture from their roots and soil, leaving them dry and vulnerable.