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921 - How To Care For Trees

Caring for trees requires regular watering and maintenance, especially in their early years, to prevent vulnerability to pests and diseases. Homeowners should provide about 25 gallons of water weekly and mulch the soil to control weeds. Additionally, pruning is essential for healthy growth, and any dead or broken branches should be removed promptly.

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921 - How To Care For Trees

Caring for trees requires regular watering and maintenance, especially in their early years, to prevent vulnerability to pests and diseases. Homeowners should provide about 25 gallons of water weekly and mulch the soil to control weeds. Additionally, pruning is essential for healthy growth, and any dead or broken branches should be removed promptly.

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How to Care for Trees

Many homeowners underestimate the amount of work that goes into caring for trees until
they mature. Before, the third year, you tree will definitely need regular water and care in
order to thrive. If you fail to do so, you tree might not be able to reach its full size potential
and will become vulnerable to pests and diseases or even die. Therefore, you should exer-
cise a lot of care and ensure that your trees are well maintained. Here are some timely tree
care tips that we felt you should be aware of.

Water and Mulch the tree

When you plant a tree, you do not expect it to fight it for itself. It needs you care and atten-
tion. In fact, someone said that there is no much difference between a tree and a baby. If you
want to grow a strong, healthy tree, you must be there for it when it is young and fragile.
Typically, a tree should receive about 25 gallons of water each week. This is about the same
as 1.5 inches of rainfall. As you water the plant, water may runoff; thereby wasting your wa-
ter. To prevent this, do the following:

 Construct a drip irrigation system if you have many trees


 Your hose should be turned on a low for about 30 minutes at the base of the tree
 Place a bucket (about 5-gallon capacity) with holes base of the tree and keep filling
that bucket for about 5 days a week. The holes should not be too big.
 Carefully water the base of the tree with 25 gallons of water just once a week. Make
sure that the water does not run off.

In addition to watering, one should remember to mulch the soil at least each season in
order to control the weeds. Weeds are the number one enemy of any plant. For proper
mulching, do the following:

 Use leaf compost or shredded bark


 Use the 3-3-3 rule. That means that you should take about 3 inches of mulch and
place it in a 3-inch space around the trunk of the tree. The mulch should form a 3-
inch foot ring in order to fit into the space well.

Less obvious tree care tips include keeping wild animals, children, domestic animals and
generally all types of things and creatures that might disturb the tree. So you can con-
struct a fence around the tree to protect the tree.

Pruning Tips

Another important care tips for trees is pruning. If you do not prune your trees, they will
not grow to become healthy trees. Pruning is meant to remove unproductive parts of the
tree and leave the other parts to grow stronger. In order to prune the tree, use clean sharp
tools. If you are not sure, you can look for <a href="http://www.72tree.com/tree-service-
atlanta/">atlanta tree services</a> for help.
A point to note: any time is the right time to remove a broken, dead or sick branch or limb.
Do not wait because waiting can cause accidents or interfere with the growth of the tree.

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