10/19/2025
Information is Key to long term growth of your Trees. Here are 9 things you should know about caring for your trees.
First and foremost, NEVER Top your trees. It creates unstructured leads and creates the potential for it to grow larger and break out causing damage to what's underneath it.
Second, proper pruning using the 1/4 and 1/3 rules and using proper pruning cuts are essential to the long-term growth of your trees. Improperly pruning will cause the tree to undergo too much stress in the healing process and allow the cuts to recess into the structural parts of the log and allow for water and insects to create a living space. Ultimately causing disease or core rot.
Check out this poster for more information on caring for your trees, from planting to trimming to root maintenance. 9 things to know about caring for your trees!