How to Take Care of a Sick Tree?
It is obvious that you do not take care of your trees and plants as you would for other precious belongings. Apparently,
Pruning is the simplest thing you can do to treat a sick tree. Most people get the wrong impression of the word pruning as pruning is chiefly done for functional reasons. The basic idea is to prune the tree and save it from damaging your property. You can clean out the dead wood of the tree, which will improve its longevity. However, cutting off the branches only so you could clean out your drive way is not exactly the best thing you could do to a tree. In short, pruning is the simplest technique you can use for improving the health of sick trees.
Frequent and timely treatment procedures are best for saving your sick tree. The quickest results on a tree’s health can be seen in at least 1-2 years. Rarely do we see scenarios where the tree shows noticeable improvements in less than a year.
The most common mistake people make is to fertilize trees at any time of the year. They just pump some nitrogen into the ground and expect the tree to show a miracle. However, you must understand that timings are very critical. Perhaps you will get the idea by a comparison of tree to grass. Grass tends to maintain constant rate of growth which is why it requires mowing every week. You put a fertilizer at any time and you will see the same response: faster growth and greener, healthier grass. However, trees are different. A tree goes through a cycle of growth in its entire lifetime. In the early spring, it focuses on foliage growth. During the “growing season”, it shows little growth. It is only late in summers when it focuses on roots growth. So a specific tree limb treatment has to be adjusted according to the time.