This summer we’ve had a lot of really crazy weather. Giant floods, boiling hot temperatures that make it feel like you can cut the air with a knife, and now cold temperatures that are dropping the night air into the “nippy zone”. All this and it’s only July – we have two more months of this craziness!
How are your trees faring with all of this? Are you watering too much? If it rains all day in a nice steady way, that can be counted as one of your weekly waterings. BUT if it decides to rain like we’re in the middle of the Amazon rainforest like it did the week before last, you can probably safely wait a bit before you water your tree again. Flash floods that normally accompany thunderstorms (the normal amount for a quick, heavy shower – where the storm drains still function correctly) water our grass really well, but often doesn’t hang around long enough to really sink in enough for our trees. Make sure you check underneath the mulch to see if the soil is dry before watering!
If your tree is unhappy, it might have curled brown,crispy leaves, white mould, or droopy and falling branches. Or maybe it's hanging out with the wrong crowds of insects - like the queen ant of the neighbourhood.
If you're not sure how to read the signs or just need some help keeping your tree happy, LEAF can come to the rescue! Keep your tree cool as ice this summer with our LEAF Maintenance Package, a five-year program where one of our arborists will come to your house to mulch your tree as well as do a full health assessment yearly.
In the third, fourth or fifth year after planting (depending on species) we will conduct structural pruning to ensure a strong growing structure and healthy future for your tree. If your tree needs some minor pruning or to have its stakes removed – we’ll do that too.
Think this is the perfect program for you? Read more about it on our website or better yet, give us a call to sign up and have one of our arborists come out to takea look at your tree.