Provide Proper Care to Your Trees in Winter- Here’s Why

It is of no surprise that winters in Oklahoma and the surrounding are freezing. When snow falls on your home or business, you need to keep an eye on your trees' safety. The cold winter weather will stress your trees and lead to a variety of expensive problems.

Our experts in Clear Tree View Service understand the different problems of winter, and we can help ensure that this winter your yard or lawns are taken care of correctly. We will manage all your business and residential tree service needs from tree plucking to tree removal and tree trimming.

We will cover some winter tree care tips on this blog so that you will be able to make sure your trees are safe this winter. First, let us know what are the damages that trees can face in winter.

Harm That Trees Can Encounter in Winter

Cold Stress on Trees

Are you aware that the cold weather can stress trees? Stress due to freezing can take a variety of forms and usually occurs when a mature tree encounters the changes quickly between the heat of the day and the temperature drop of the night. On the outer bark and inner tree wood, which appears as cracks, the stress is often visible.

Winter Drought 

Many trees, including evergreen trees, can dry out in winter. In the case of drought, a tree will lose more water than it can absorb. This can also be made worse by windy conditions.

Rodent Infestation

When winter approaches, rodents, including rabbits and mice, continue to dig for food. When food is scarce outside, it will not be difficult for them to chew the bark on the trees and damage it in the vulnerable winter months.

Structural Plants

You may wish to hire a professional tree service to come and pluck your trees structurally if you have younger trees on your property. This method involves cutting branches, separating branches and more from diseased trees. If a diseased branch may not immediately appear like a major problem, it will grow larger and infect other branches over time if you leave the branch on the tree.

The Main Care Tips for Your Trees

Tree Trimming

This is very essential in winter. When you want to save your trees from frost, you need to trim those from time to time. However, you should not do it on your own and it is always better to call a professional service for tree trimming.

Wrap

The bark cells will break up and create cracks in the wood if the winter sun heats and cold freeze nights affect the trunk of a tree. This state is called sunscald. Cover trunks with crepe paper wrap to protect those. Wrap the trunk, cover layers by one third from the edges. Stop wrapping just over the lowest branches. In spring, cut the cover. Also, the tree trunk can be painted white or wrapped in a white plastic rabbit guard.

Protection

Rabbits and rodents love to chew young tree barks often. They will usually chew outside bark. The tree will probably not survive when chewing damage happens halfway around the trunk. Wrap trunks and block rodents, beginning at the base and upwards, with tree guards made of plastic. Wrap the snowline in front of you. The cage trunks are another way to prevent scratching of the barks from rabbits or any other bird. You can contact Clear Tree Services for ensuring tree safety in the winter.