Trees are the most
valuable part of your home’s landscape. Trees provide several benefits
including cooling our homes, providing beauty and privacy. It's important to
make the right choice when hiring a tree company to care for your trees. There
are a lot of tree care services in Liverpool.
Hiring a service for
the maintenance of your trees is the best way to keep them healthy. However,
the best care is only possible when you hire a Certified Arborist. Arborists
are certified by the International Society of Arboriculture. Certified
Arborists must meet several requirements in order to obtain certification.
These include adequate experience, passing a rigorous test of arboricultural
knowledge, agreeing to a code of ethics and maintaining certification through
continuing education.
To find a Certified Arborist in your area check the web
sites for the International Society of Arboriculture or the Tree Care Industry
Association. Both provide information for finding Certified Arborists in your
area. In addition, doing a little homework goes a long way. Ask for
certificates of insurance and licence whenever you hire a contractor.
Getting references
from previous clients is also important. We would recommend getting the names
of clients worked for in the past few days so references aren't cherry-picked.
Before getting an estimate it is a good idea to know what to look for and what
to avoid when hiring a tree service. You can also check websites of various
reputable tree care services in Liverpool to obtain a rating on these companies
and find out if there are any complaints.
The more you know
about proper pruning and tree care practices the better choice you can make
when hiring a tree service. I.S.A. and T.C.I.A. websites are a great place to
learn more about proper tree care practices. These two organizations have
worked together to establish the ANSI A-300 Standards for tree care. These
standards provide the guidelines for arborists to follow in tree maintenance
ranging from pruning to fertilization to cabling or lightning protection. Make
sure the company you hire is knowledgable in these standards and estimate their
work accordingly.
Finally, beware of
companies that recommend the wrong practices for tree pruning. Some things to
avoid include topping or over-pruning trees. Pruning should be limited to 25%
of live branches in a pruning season. Tree climbers should not use climbing
gaffs or "spurs" to climb trees unless the tree is to be removed. The
only exception to this practice would be in an emergency situation that puts the
tree climber in harm's way.
Another incorrect
practice is the removal of large branches. Large cuts take years for the wounds
to close. These large wounds make the tree more susceptible to decay or insect
problems. Making more smaller cuts is preferable to making a few large cuts.
Another practice to avoid is overthinking the interior of a tree and leaving
the majority of the remaining foliage at the ends of the branches. This
increases the likelihood of branch failures because of excessive end weight. A better pruning practice is to maintain interior branching that promotes better
branch strength while reducing end weight which reduces the likelihood of
branch failures.
In conclusion, the
better informed you are about proper tree care and about tree services in your the area the more likely you are to make the right choice when hiring a tree
service.
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