Hudson Valley Tree Pruning

Please call us at 1.800.716.TREE [8733] or (845) 758-1498 to discuss your pruning needs today.

Why is Tree Pruning Important?

The Hudson Valley is home to many plants, big and small. Pruning your trees and shrubs is an essential part of keeping your landscape beautiful and strong. Through proper pruning, you maintain the health and improve the quality of flowers, fruit, foliage and limbs and prevent overgrowth.

Why use a Tree Pruning Professional?

Pruning is a skill that requires really knowing what you are doing in order to end up with the desired result. You cannot just take a chain saw to trees and shrubs, cut them any old way, and expect the result to be good. It is common for an inexperienced pruner to mistakenly cut off critical parts of trees including those necessary to grow flowers and fruits. Fortunately, even when this occurs, we can often help to hide the do-it-yourselfer's mistakes. In many cases, it is better not to prune your trees than to prune them incorrectly. Careless pruning methods can only weaken healthy plants.

How to Prune Mature Trees?

To have a successful outcome and preserve the health of the tree when pruning them, here are a few suggestions that one should follow. These suggestions are important when considering to prune a tree yourself or even when you seek to hire a tree pruning service company.

  • Have a plan. If diseased, determine the source of the diseased wood. The experienced pruner first cuts and removes all dead, diseased or problem limbs with the greatest potential of falling.
  • Know when to prune. Depending on the type of tree you have, you can determine the best season to prune the tree.
  • Use appropriate pruning equipment. It is important to use the correct pruning tools. Additionally, choose tools that will do the job and are fairly easy to sharpen and handle. Larger machinery such as a bucket truck also makes pruning much safer and easier.

What are the Safety Issues Surrounding Tree Pruning?

Even the most skilled pruner should have a safety lookout. This is mostly due to possible accidents occurring from unexpected falling limbs that may hit the pruner or an overhead powerline. A safety lookout can help the pruner with any visibility issues or contact the fire or police department in case of an emergency. Tree pruning should never be done alone!

Should I Prune or Not Prune my Trees?

Tree Pruning

Most people do not have the skill, time or appropriate tools to prune trees. Tree pruning is a skill that takes many years to properly learn and most people are too busy to take the a few days off from work to prune a tree. And even for those who have the time, the biggest concern goes back to safety issue. Pruning equipment can be very dangerous to the pruner and the tree if used improperly. Most people find it easier and more effective to hire tree pruning services. Tree pruning services have the experience, skill and tools needed to get the job done right so that your tree will continue to grow healthy and strong.