Crown Reduction, Lifting & Thinning Bedford

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Tree surgery that involves reducing, lifting or thinning the crown is one of the most common tree surgery practices that we are hired to undertake and involves reducing the area of the crown, both laterally and vertically. This service is commonly used to maintain trees in enclosed spaces such as domestic gardens, or to increase light and reduce the chance of the specimen getting too close to adjacent trees or nearby buildings.

When a tree with a large crown, such as oaks for example, are not maintained they can act as a danger hazard leading them to them having heavy branches that have the size and weight capability to cause harm. Because of their massive size, large branches can become distorted and so a controlled crown reduction procedure to remove the weight can be undertaken to make sure it stays safe. Therefore, investing in the cost of a tree crown lift or tree surgery to reduce or thin it it becomes essential.

Different species require differing amounts of reducing, lifting and thinning. For example, Sycamore, Poplar, Willow and Ash can tolerate slight heavier crown reductions because of their ability to put on regrowth. Other species like Beech, Oak and Cherry trees need less reduction because they may die back if they are pruned too much.

Safety reasons aside, a professional reduction procedure also promotes healthier growth of a tree. This is because cutting back just above leaf joints on trees results in more lightening.

The team at The Tree Surgeon Bedford are fully experienced and qualified in each of the three methods of crown work. And it's important that only experienced and certified professionals are hired for work of this kind. This is because performing a tree crown lift tree surgery to reduce and thin are all specialist skills and the risks of permanently damaging the tree if the practitioner is not experienced enough are high. So it is absolutely essential to invest in hiring a professional arboriculturalist because if not,  the risks are it leading to the tree having to be felled and removed unnecessarily.