ASHMORE BENOWA TREE LOPPING

If you are looking for a reputable, certified, licensed, and fully-insured tree lopper in Ashmore Benowa and all surrounding Gold Coast areas, then let our certified arborists help you! An extensive range of commercial and residential tree management services are available, featuring quick response, quality work and reasonable rates.

Professional tree experts maintain an extremely high degree of tree care for their customers, and have built up a strong reputation for getting the job done quickly, safely and efficiently.

With over 10 years experience in certified tree management, state-of-the-art equipment, and a teams of friendly, well-trained staff, any size job from palm pruning to acreage block clears can be taken promptly and efficiently.

Tree Lopping Vs Tree Pruning

To many people, tree lopping and tree prunning are different terms for the same procedure of removing branches from trees. In reality, there are important differences between the two, which need to be understood before contracting the services of an arborist.

Tree Lopping is the indisciminate cutting of a tree's branches for the purpose of reducing the tree's size, which can be extremely detrimental to the health of the tree and doesn't comply with Australian Standards.

National Tree associations advise against tree lopping due to a range of issues including:

• Wounds increase the risk of decay, pest infestation and disease
• Diminished tree health or death due to reduced food production
• Major increase in maintenace costs
• Not cost effective, as regrowth will soon follow
• Not cost effective, as regrowth will soon follow
• Does not comply with Australian Standards exposing legal issues
• Dangerous for workers to perform
• Increase in the risk of storm damage
• Remaining branches can be seriously scalded or sunburned
• Removal cost should lopping result in the death of the tree
• Reduces the strength and stability of new branch growth
• Reduced property value due to disfigured appearance
• Places considerable stress on the tree

In some instances, tree lopping is used to reduce the risk of damage, accident or injury due to a tree's branches overhanging a building, road or path way. This is a quick fix that will only result in on-going and long terms problems.

Regular tree pruning can maintain a tree to a suitable size, while ensuring the tree's health and structural integrity. With the use of modern techniques and advanced equipment, tree pruning can deliver positive results in an enviromentally acceptable and ethical manner.

Should a tree's size be presenting safety issues, tree removal may be the best option with the tree replaced with a more suitable species.

Reasons For Tree Pruning

Well managed, healthy trees are an asset to any property, as they increase the value of a home, compliment the landscaping, provide shade, and are a natural habitat for wildlife.

Every year on the Gold Coast, wild summer storms roll through, with falling trees and limbs causing millions of dollars worth of damage to cars, homes and power lines.

Whether it's for proactive accident prevention, or reactive storm damage repair, there are a number of reasons why trees need regular pruning:

• Improving fruit production
• Enhance overall health
• Reduce leaf litter in gutters
• Reduce wind resistence
• Maintain structural integrity
• Improve canopy air flow
• Reduce limb and branch failure

• Direct growth away from structures
• Remove dead or diseased limbs
• Reduce risks of damage or injury
• Maintain desired size, form and shape
• Stimulate healthy growth
• Power line, road and path clearance
• Improve canopy light penetration
• Improving aethetic appeal

Our skilled arborists have the expertise to professionally assess your tree problems, and advise as to the best options that will benefit yourself and the well-being of the tree.

Types of Tree Pruning

Crown Reduction - Reduction of a tree canopy's volume, spread and height by shortening branches. This is not suitable for many Australian natives.

Deadwood Removal - The removal of a tree's dead branches that may be unsightly or hazardous due to their structural instability

Selective Tree Pruning - The removal of certain branches for a particular reason such as being too close to buildings or power lines.

Restorative Pruning - The restoration of a damaged, diseased or structurally challenged tree by a program of remedial pruning.

Crown Thinning - Reduction of the canopy density by selective removal of branches throughout the crown's interior, without change in tree size.

Crown Raising - Removal of lowest branches to raise the lower canopy and increase vertical clearance from ground level for street, walkways etc.

Formative Pruning - Suitable during the initial establishment phase of a tree's growth to ensure a well-shaped, safe and strong structure.

The Timing of Tree Pruning

Tree pruning is a process of branch removal which helps maintain the tree in a healthy, safe and attractive condition. A happy and healthy tree provides the foundation for strong growth, abundant fruit and high quality flowers. Trees are pruned to:

• Stimulate new growth
• Reduce growth and improve shape
• Maximise flowering
• Repair damage and maintain health
• Improve fruit quantity & quality
• Maximising the safety

Late winter pruning is popular on the Gold Coast, as it usually results in substantial spring growth in the tree.

If the aim is to slow a tree's growth, pruning should begin in summer, immediately after the tree's seasonal growth. With a reduction in overall leaf surface, the tree reduces it's manufacture of food and flowers.

To maximise flowering of trees that bloom in spring, begin pruning as soon as the flowers fade. Trees and shrubs that bloom in summer, should be pruned in winter or early spring.

The best time not to prune is during autumn, as the time of healing saw cuts is that much longer, leaving the tree vulnerable to pest and disease attack.

Dangerous Trees showing sigs of structural problems or with branches that are threatening to fall, interfere with power lines, or damage property, should be removed immediately by a experienced and qualified arborist.

All tree pruning and tree lopping on the Gold Coast should be undertaken in accordance with Pruning Amenity Trees AS:4373 standard, which increases the tree's probability of full recovery from the pruning, and helps maintain healthy growth.