What is included in the sanitary pruning of trees. Sanitary pruning. Sanitary pruning of trees
Every tree growing on your site or outside it needs care. The crown of trees gradually grows, which reduces their decorative characteristics, takes away health from plants. Sanitary pruning of trees will help preserve plants, remove diseased, excess or broken branches from them. It is not worth pruning trees on your own, because only arborists can perform this work efficiently and safely. And if there are several trees on your site that need sanitary pruning, then you can order this service from our company.
Stages
A call to the office - consultation, the initial designation of the price already on the first call, if there is initial data
Departure to the site to measure the scope of work and consultations on the site estimate (required after inspection) and a plan (in 90% of the case) if necessary Departure of the brigade to the site, (a contract is signed and work begins on the same day at the site) Upon completion of work, a certificate of completion is signedWhat is sanitary pruning of trees in Moscow?
Many people have small and large suburban dachas, where during the summer heat you can hide from the bustle of the city, soot and heat, which Moscow is famous for. Most often, trees of various types grow in such areas, which create shade, fill the territory with the aromas of greenery and flowers during flowering. For normal development, such trees need good lighting and watering, crown pruning is extremely important, which will improve the permeability of sunlight and ventilation.
Sanitary pruning of trees improves the resistance of the tree to mechanical damage and adverse weather conditions. If you regularly order pruning of trees, it will help to make the skeleton of the tree more resilient, which will allow the plant to withstand precipitation, winds, heavy snow, which lies on the branches for 3-4 months.
Benefits of tree pruning in Moscow
- Pruning trees helps to strengthen the skeleton of the plant.
- Pruning ensures improved light penetration, nutrient distribution, and moisture distribution.
- A set of works to prevent the growth of green mass.
- Preservation of the health and beauty of trees.
- Pruning of diseased and infected areas, which prevents the spread of diseases to all trees growing in the garden and on the site.
- Tree pruning is done in healthy areas, so all infected branches are completely removed.
- High-quality pruning of fruit trees can increase yields, improve taste characteristics and fruit size.
- The price of pruning trees is affordable for every owner of a suburban area.
Sometimes trees planted near the house grow too much. It is a pity to remove a healthy and beautiful tree, because it creates a beautiful shadow. But something needs to be decided, because tree branches scratch the finish, scrape windows, and in strong winds they can break thin glass. In this case, it is easier to order pruning of trees and the subsequent removal of branches that will save the plant!
Types of tree pruning
Professionals distinguish several types of pruning garden trees:
- sanitary pruning. Performed regularly to maintain the health of the plant, it is necessary to remove diseased and broken branches, green mass;
- support pruning. This pruning is used for trees and shrubs that grow rapidly. A set of works is necessary to rejuvenate the plant, preserve its decorative characteristics and health;
- shaping cut. Pruning involves the removal of branches to form a beautiful and healthy crown, prevents the growth of trees.
How often and when is it necessary to prune trees in Moscow?
It is necessary to resort to sanitary pruning several times a year, but it all depends on the type of trees, age and their location. Sanitary pruning of barren trees can be carried out once every 2-3 years. If we are talking about pruning fruit trees, then it must be done 1-2 times a year. The best time for sanitary work is considered to be the beginning of spring, when the trees are at rest. In this case, it is important to complete the full range of pruning work before the start of the growing season, otherwise the yield and beauty of the trees may be impaired.
It is useful to prune trees at the end of the season when the foliage has almost fallen off. Work is carried out in October-November, but no later than before the start of frost. During frosts, the wood becomes very brittle, which makes it impossible to make even cuts. Our employees are well aware of how and when it is best to trim trees and remove branches. They will inspect the trees growing on the site, talk about what kind of pruning is needed, calculate the cost, and then proceed to work with your consent.
In any case, after cutting the trees, branches and leaves will be removed. Removal will allow you to clean the site, prevent the spread of leaves, small branches, bacteria throughout the territory. If you need pruning of trees, we recommend that you additionally order cleaning under a rake, the cost of such a service is low, it will allow you to remove small debris!
How much does pruning cost?
Pruning is a classic service, the prices for which are low, which allows you to extend the life cycle of trees and maintain order on the site. Prices depend on the following features:
- type of cropping used;
- age, species, size of trees. If the plant is tall, then the employee of the company will use special "cats" that will help to climb higher, which will exceed the cost of work. The price for pruning small trees is lower, because the work is performed without the use of special devices;
- prices depend on the season of the year and the number of trees;
- the number of trimmed elements, which affects the cost of export;
- Additional services.
If you want to extend the life cycle of trees, improve their health and the appearance of the site, then you need to cut down and remove dead wood and emergency plants. They prevent the penetration of light, lead to waterlogging of the soil, and pose a threat to your life and safety.
Felling is a separate service, but its price is affordable, we also provide services for uprooting stumps, landscaping and clearing areas, we carry out the removal of any amount of garbage and chopping branches into chips. You can find out our prices right now by examining the company's price list. Note that the price list indicates the approximate cost, it all depends on the characteristics of your site, its distance from the Moscow Ring Road, and the type of work.
How to order these works?
Trimming, felling, garbage disposal, leveling of sites - this is the main activity of our company. You can order these services on this page of our website, for which you just need to leave your phone number. Our employee, after listening to you, will calculate the cost, tell you about the services, and give a free consultation. Pruning by our company will give every tree a second life:
- trimming is performed by a certified tool. There are secateurs, hacksaws, knives, equipment, thanks to which trees that are too tall will be trimmed;
- mandatory processing at the cutting sites;
- impeccable adherence to technology. Pruning will make the trees not only more beautiful, but also healthy, because our specialists will remove all broken and infected branches;
- pruning is done taking into account the characteristics of different types of trees;
- at your request, cutting down of dead wood, shrubs, uprooting of stumps will be carried out. Our vehicles are used for waste disposal, which has a positive effect on the cost.
Our cost is available for each client, order trimming, cutting down and subsequent removal of waste, other work now by contacting us in any convenient way. Cost calculation is free!
Sanitary pruning of trees is carried out to remove diseased and dried branches and branches.
. The main purpose of sanitary pruning of trees is:
Removal of dried branches and branches for safety purposes. Under the influence of wind, dried branches can collapse at the same time, damaging communication lines, transport, buildings and harming a person;
Removal of diseased branches and branches that can cause tree diseases. Sanitary pruning allows you to improve the plant and maintain its health;
Sanitary, rejuvenating and decorative tree pruning. Stages of implementation.
Sanitary pruning of trees is a seasonal process. Tree pruning is carried out by professional arborists, as well as by industrial climbers who specialize in such a procedure. In the garden by gardeners, observing security measures.
sanitary process, anti-aging and decorative pruning is carried out using climbing equipment. The cut parts of the tree are thrown down by arborists, but if this is not possible, the branches are hung on ropes and go down to a specially designated area.
If the branches are lowered with ropes, then a special mechanism is used, which is attached to the top of the tree where the work is carried out. Also, the block can be fixed on trees located in the immediate vicinity.
To lower branches with a rope, one end is attached to the branch being cut, and the other is attached to the descender. This process is controlled by an arborist's assistant, who lowers the branches to the area designated for this. Tree cutting is carried out using a chainsaw or a hacksaw.
The price for sanitary pruning of trees and cutting dry branches depends on the complexity and volume. The main condition for such work is the presence of a certain number of living branches, with which the arborist climbs a tree.
Tree pruning technology:
The specialist climbs a tree;
Cutting dry branches and dropping them down. If this is not possible, the branches are lowered using a special device that is controlled by an arborist's assistant;
Cutting cut branches into small pieces;
The smoother the cut surface, the faster it heals. Recently, a large number of studies have been carried out that have proven that painting over wounds on a tree is not only not necessary, but can even become detrimental to the tree. A shaded cut may accompany the appearance of putrefactive processes on the tree.
At the request of the homeowners, large wounds in the tree can be treated using mineral paints or blue vitriol. But as experts recommend, covering large wounds on a tree with var is not recommended.
Rejuvenating and decorative pruning of bushes and trees is carried out with the following purpose:
With the help of pruning, the crown acquires a beautiful and attractive appearance and shape;
Ensuring the illumination of the site by thinning the crown;
Provides growth stimulation.
Also, when thinning the crown of a tree, the survival period decreases, and it is less susceptible to the negative effects of wind.
Tactics and strategy of sanitary pruning. When should it be done and how to avoid harm from it.
Any tree, regardless of its type, always has different buds on its shoots. Among these kidneys there are so-called "sleeping". These buds were invented by nature to renew the tree in case of severe damage.
The most developed and strong buds are located in the middle of the shoot, which are used by the tree in the next season for active growth.
The buds that are localized at the top of the shoot are not sufficiently resistant to environmental influences. If pruning is not carried out, then the best conditions for development and growth appear at the buds located at the top of the shoot.
But if the apical buds were removed by pruning, it becomes possible for the buds located in the middle of the shoot to develop. Using this approach, it is possible to create the necessary conditions for the development of a tree with a beautiful crown.
The main task for every arborist is to get a good growth of pagons every year, which should not be too large, but not too scarce.
There are trees that develop well without pruning, and in some cases it is not even advisable to carry it out. Such trees have apical bud growth at the top of the shoot.
Examples of such plants are ash, pine, hazelnut. Also, plants such as fir, larch and spruce independently form a beautiful crown, so they do not need pruning.
Which plants can be sanitary pruned.
All trees without fail require sanitary pruning at different intervals. Each tree at the genetic level has the ability to renew the crown, due to the growth of lateral branches. A striking example can be birch, apple and linden.
There are also a large number of shrubs that do not require pruning. These shrubs include wolfberries and others. But individual representatives such as acacia and others are suitable for the formation of a permanent truncated form.
Various types of pruning are applicable to such plants, but such trees require periodic shaping and thinning, as they are prone to thickening. It is very difficult to achieve a beautiful central trunk in such trees.
There is also a group of trees that changes its type of growth depending on age. Trees such as oak and maple are representatives of a mixed type of branching. Such plants definitely need formative pruning in the first years of their active development and growth.
All shrubs can be divided into 2 main groups:
- fast growing
- and slow growing.
For example, shrubs such as snowberry, cotoneaster and euonymus, due to their measured growth, have the ability to form beautiful bushes.
Fast-growing shrubs that have early flowering shoots constantly require pruning to refresh the crown, that is, they need to update old branches to the level of a new shoot. The most prominent representatives of such shrubs are currants and wild roses.
There are plants that need pruning back to mature wood every year so that they can form new long shoots. Such plants include knotweed, elder, willow, walnut and white derain.
It is also necessary to take into account the age of a shrub or tree. At an early stage of tree maturation, the main task is to ensure the development of a three-dimensional crown and the ability of the plant to develop spatially. Pruning only allows you to correct errors in the formation of the crown.
You need to know that pruning can only be done on rooted plants.
Based on apical dominance, identical shoots are formed from buds that are localized at the same height. Therefore, the smaller the distance from the root of the tree to the bud, the stronger and greater the growth will be.
The main controversy is the combination of the proportion of the crown of the tree and several prunings to stimulate the growth and development of irregularly shaped crown shoots. Based on this, if the tree has an underdeveloped shape, a strong shortening should be carried out on one side, and more rare pruning is needed on the other side for balance.
Select the period for trimming.
By choosing a period for pruning, you can stimulate vegetative growth (in spring), as well as regulate the age of branches or designate shoots with flowering buds (summer).
Basically, pruning is carried out at the very beginning of spring, somewhere in March or April. This principle applies to fruit trees, but is not at all suitable for ornamental tree species.
Spring is an excellent period for sanitary pruning. It is during this period that the branches are perfectly expressed.
Pruning trees at the end of winter or during early spring is the adjacent time between the last frost and the period when buds are formed. This pruning increases the growth of the shoots, which coincides with the natural rhythm for the plant.
Pruning, which is carried out in early summer, has a purpose. Carrying out this procedure in the spring, when the active process of sap flow ends, is suitable for "weeping" trees and loaches. Pruning, carried out in the spring during the period of brisk flowering and after it, activates the rapid growth of shoots and flower buds. This pruning is suitable for trees such as decorative plum.
Pruning, which is carried out in the summer, interferes with the vegetation process, so it can be carried out selectively in order to remove unnecessary branches.
It is worth remembering that the more often you prune a growing tree using garden shears, the less time you will spend on all this in the future. For example, plants such as currant, walnut and honeysuckle, in which the vegetation begins quite early, their pruning should be done in the fall.
The timing of pruning is very important for flowering trees. Shrubs such as lilac and action need pruning in the summer and spring. And shrubs such as hydrangea, tamarisk and spirea, which bloom with sprouts of this year, require pruning in the spring, which allows you to accelerate the growth of processes and flowers.
At the end of the summer season, when the entire crop of berries and fruits has been harvested, and ornamental plants have finished flowering, experienced gardeners must carry out planned sanitary pruning of trees and shrubs. The main goal of this event is the improvement of plants and the removal of damaged shoots that interfere with the development and growth of seedlings and worsen their winter hardiness.
The best time for all types of pruning of garden plantings (forming, rejuvenating, sanitary, thinning) is after the end of leaf fall. Usually gardeners plan work in the garden at the end of October - November. And immediately after pruning and cleaning plant residues, it is advisable to treat trees and bushes with modern means against pests and infectious diseases.
Pruning is carried out in dry weather, since moisture penetrating into the wounded surfaces of wood slows down the processes of healing, scarring and the formation of new tissues and promotes the activation of pathogens: fungal spores, microbes and bacteria.
For sanitary purposes, the following branches and shoots are subject to removal:
- broken;
- withered;
- cracked;
- inhabited by pests;
- with signs of illness;
- intertwined;
- growing inward and thickening the crown;
- weak and thin.
According to experienced summer residents, autumn is the most favorable time for pruning plants. Trees prepared for a dormant period easily tolerate the removal of even the largest and skeletal branches, which for any reason should be removed.
Treatment of wounds on trees with a garden pitch
Large sections are recommended to be disinfected immediately by treating them with a solution of ferrous sulfate (10%), copper sulfate (5%) or potassium permanganate (1%). Antiseptic solutions will destroy the pathogenic microflora and prepare the plants for the next stage - wound sealing.To speed up the healing process, gardeners use garden pitch or garden putty, store-bought or homemade from a mixture of clay, mullein, wax, and straw, with the addition of growth stimulants. The composition is applied to the dry surface of the cut or cleaned wound with the help of fingertips, after putting on a glove, or a spatula.
Garden cleaning and tree spraying
After the event, a mandatory cleaning of the garden is carried out. All plant residues after sanitary pruning of plantings: leaves, carrion, cut branches and shoots, it is advisable to take them out of the site or burn them by sawing large branches or chopping them with an ax. In the collected garbage, larvae of dangerous insects and pathogens find a haven for wintering, so that with the advent of spring they begin their destructive activity in the garden.Leaves under the trees growing on the lawn are more convenient to rake with fan rakes, and mummified fruits and rotting carrion, like walnuts, are selected manually.
After pruning, the used garden tool (saw, pruner) should be disinfected with alcohol or potassium permanganate solution.
When all the plants in the garden are pruned, you can safely proceed to their treatment (spraying) with fungicides and insecticides against diseases and pests. The main thing is that the air temperature is not lower than + 5 ° C, otherwise the effectiveness of some drugs is minimized. The use of pesticides in late autumn in the garden is considered the safest for plants and future crops, since the lion's share of toxic substances has time to completely decompose during the cold period.
Let your garden become a real pride and decoration of the site!
An indicator of the external attractiveness of a tree culture is a compact, healthy crown and its lush greenery.
One of the steps is booking. Works are carried out at height, their implementation is complicated by the presence of buildings, power lines, and other trees.
Types of tree trimming
There are the following types of crown trimming:
- preventive;
- formative;
- rejuvenating;
- sanitary protection.
Method preventive pruning crown is aimed at removing branches that rest against the elements of buildings, hanging over buildings, making it difficult to operate communications, current-carrying wires. With such a crowning, the lower branches are removed, which impede the movement of pedestrians, the movement of cars, and reduce visibility.
Formation crowns allows you to increase the decorativeness of the tree, improve the access of light and air. Periodic thinning contributes to the active growth of branches, reduces snow load on the trunk, root system, minimizes the effects of heavy winds and icing.
anti-aging crown reduction contributes to the formation of new skeletal branches, the improvement of tree culture. The procedure is extremely dangerous for the tree, it is carried out carefully.
One of the types of deep rejuvenation of tree crops is topping. It is used to strongly reduce the crown of overgrown, diseased trees. After pruning, only a trunk 4-9 meters high remains. Elm, willow, poplar, linden, hornbeam develop fully after the procedure. When topping oak, larch, birch, chestnut, pine, some of the skeletal branches are left to maintain sap flow.
Sanitary pruning the crown of an adult tree implies the removal of weakened, diseased, dry, broken branches growing into living wood. They rid the tree of knots, stumps left after incorrect pruning, saw through old incorrect cuts.
Crowning is also subjected to transplantation. The event facilitates adaptation, survival of the culture, reduces the load on the root system.
Tree trimming professionally
The arborists of the Garden's Dream landscape company efficiently and competently trim branches and mature trees.
Specialists know the methods of safe work, accurately determine the place of cut, professionally form a new crown of trees. We have special equipment, equipment, tools, work skills.
We will restore beauty and health to your trees, prolong their life.
Cost of cutting trees
Note: calculated for trees of medium age and diameter.
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