Arborists
Tree Pruning Tips for Winter Weather
Pruning during the dormant season is a critical component of a tree’s annual lifecycle management. When leaves fall and branches bare themselves, the structure of your trees is fully revealed, allowing for a clear assessment and strategic planning of each cut. It’s good timing, as the cooler weather reduces the risk of pests and diseases…
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Winter Tree Pruning in the Bay Area: Essential Tips for Healthier Trees
Winter tree pruning is a crucial practice for maintaining strong, resilient, and aesthetically pleasing trees. As the trees enter dormancy during the colder months, this becomes the best time to trim, shape, and strengthen them for the upcoming growing season. Proper pruning not only enhances tree health but also minimizes the risk of falling branches,…
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Winter Tree Care: Tips for Healthy Landscapes
The Bay Area’s weather has advantages and difficulties for landscaping, especially as we prepare for a potentially harsh winter. In winter, it’s important to care for your trees so they stay healthy and can handle bad weather. This article, “Winter Tree Care: Tips for Healthy Landscapes,” contains tips for keeping your Bay Area landscape healthy…
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Boost Tree Health: Expert Tree Care & Strategic Planting Tips
Enhance Your Landscape with Healthy, Thriving Trees Trees play a vital role in shaping the beauty, functionality, and sustainability of your landscape. Proper tree care and strategic planting decisions are essential to ensuring that your trees flourish while also benefiting your property. In this article, we’ll explore expert tree care tips along with best practices…
Read MoreHow To Relocate a Tree
When it comes to tree removal and relocating trees, Arbortek Trees has decades of wisdom to share. Before you decide to transplant a tree (or relocation of a tree), we urge you to first take a peek at the steps below to protect the health of your tree. * Never attempt to move a large…
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Optimize Your Outdoor Space: the Crape Myrtle
As summer rolls in, it’s time to embrace patio living! Enjoy memorable moments with friends and family under the cooling shade of the perfect patio tree, the Crape Myrtle. If planting isn’t an option this season, why not start planning for the next? With a Crape Myrtle in your garden, you will surely optimize your…
Read MoreHoneydew and You – How to Treat Tree Aphids
Is there a tree dripping sap on your property – possibly staining sidewalks or other areas with sticky residue? Unfortunately, that is generally a sign of tree aphids. There are thousands of types of aphids who live in relatively temperate climates worldwide. They can cause severe stress to trees and other plants (roses are a…
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Optimal Small Flowering Trees for Limited Spaces
Incorporating trees into your landscape enhances aesthetic appeal, provides shade, and contributes structure to your garden. However, not every garden has the space for large, towering trees, and in densely planted areas, excessive shade can hinder the growth of sun-loving plants like tomatoes. For over a decade, Arbortek Tree Service has been guiding San Jose…
Read MoreWhat Should I Do With All This Grapefruit?
So you’ve got a grapefruit tree (or more?) just bursting with fruit and you’re starting to wonder what exactly you’re going to do with it all. Well don’t worry, because Arbotek has got some great ideas you can use to make sure that none of that delicious fruit goes to waste. The simplest way to…
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Choosing the Right Fruit Tree for Your Garden
Dreaming of plucking fresh fruit right from your backyard? Planting and growing fruit trees can be straightforward and rewarding if you choose the right tree and plant at the optimal time. Here’s how to select the perfect fruit tree for your garden and enjoy delicious, healthy snacks directly from the branch. 1. Assess Your Soil…
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