Summer thunderstorms and hurricanes, first of all, pose a danger to trees.
If you want to survive the bad weather without much loss, expert of the online publication ‘BelNovosti’, scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh warns: you will have to take care of preventive measures.
Tree pruning, carried out in a timely manner and in accordance with all the rules, is of great importance.
If you regularly carry out this procedure in your garden, you will not only improve the appearance of the plantings, but also reduce their ‘sailability’, which means that the branches will be able to cope with hurricane winds more easily.
As you know, the right time for formative pruning is in the spring, but no one forbids getting rid of dry branches at any time. The main thing is not to forget to take care of the cuts.
Hurricane winds can harm not only dry, but also healthy powerful branches on old trees.
To prevent this, you can shorten the largest branches a little (reduce the ‘sail’) or provide them with supports.
In addition to supports or their alternative, you can tie them to the trunk. You can also tighten the branches together using thick metal wire with a clamp.
