Handling All Aspects of Tree Surgery in Worcester Park

While there’s a thousand articles out there online, each attesting to providing the best tree care advice there is, we thought we’d weigh in with some short, sweet, simple and most importantly, accurate tips for our Worcester Park clients. If you’re more interested in contacting us regarding the tree surgery services we provide, you can reach our tree surgeons on 07921 188 01.

5 Tree Care Tips

1. Watering - There are two situations in which it might be worth watering your trees. Firstly, in extended periods of hot and dry weather. During a drought, around 5 watering cans per week should do the trick, though soil type can play a part here. Our tree surgeons also recommend Worcester Park clients water their trees in infancy, especially if the first two seasons following planting are somewhat hot and dry. Mature trees shouldn’t require watering outside of droughts. We’re happy to provide tailored advice in this area when visiting to provide tree surgery services, so never hesitate to ask!
2. Mulching - A mulch is typically made up of old wood chip, bark, leaves or manure, and provides a number of benefits when applied in a circle around a tree. It will act as a slow release fertiliser, help retain moisture and suppress weeds (another important aspect of tree care).
3. Weeding - It’s important to keep weeds away from the base of growing trees, as they can suck up moisture and nutrients. And unlike many of the tree surgery services detailed across this website, which we provide to our Worcester Park clients, weeding is straightforward and easy enough to handle on a DIY basis! It doesn’t necessarily require any specialist tools, just a bit of elbow grease. You may also want to use anti-weed products around a tree.
4. Guarding - If you’re planting a new sapling, then there’s an important aspect of tree care that shouldn’t be overlooked - protection from the elements, lawn equipment and similar hazards, including pets and young children! Tree surgeons taking on planting projects around Worcester Park often use tree boards and protectors, and these are commercially available at garden centers/garden supply businesses.
5. Pruning - Trees of all ages will eventually require pruning, a job that some attempt on an amateur basis, but we’d recommend you leave to professional tree surgeons. Over-pruning can cause irreparable damage, while a poor standard of pruning can lead to developmental issues. Pruning takes many forms, as you’ll see over on our tree surgery services page, including crown lifting, crown reduction and crown thinning, each of which achieves particular goals in set circumstances. It may be the simple job of removing dead branches, or have a goal in mind: like improving light access, or reducing structural stresses.

Worcester Park residents are encouraged to contact our team for more on the aforementioned aspects of tree care, or to book in a visit from our tree surgeons.

Contact Worcester Park’s first port of call for all aspects of tree surgery, M&M Tree Surgeons, on 07921 188 018.