Tree Maintenance

Our winters here in Kennewick can be either hit or miss. Sometimes they’re a little on the colder side and sometimes there can be a bit mild. But just to make sure you prepare for the harshest conditions, you will want to ensure your trees receive enough water going into the cold season.

Moisture is what will ensure your tree remains as disease free as possible. Here are a couple of guidelines for watering your trees:

Water only when air temperatures are above 40 degrees F. Apply water at mid-day so it will have time to soak in before possible freezing at night. A solid layer (persisting for more than a month) of ice on lawns can cause suffocation or result in matting of the grass.

Plants receiving reflected heat from buildings, walls and fences are more subject to damage. The low angle of winter sun makes this more likely on south or west exposures. Windy sites result in faster drying of sod and plants and require additional water. Lawns in warm exposures are prone to late winter mite damage. Water is the best treatment to prevent turf injury (see fact sheet 5.505, Clover and Other Mites of Turfgrass.)

Monitor weather conditions and water during extended dry periods without snow cover – one to two times per month.

Keep in mind that having trees on your property comes with a little bit of maintenance. With just a little maintenance, you can prevent most major pitfalls. You won’t have to be worried about trees causing property damage or even worse, personal injury. We look forward to discussing your tree maintenance needs. We have trained arborists in the Tri-Cities that are professional and that can answer any questions you have.

Trees provide significant benefits to our Tri-Cities area, but when trees fall and injure people or damage property, they are issues to address. Understanding and addressing the risks associated with trees makes your property safer and prolongs the life of the tree.

Our team can help you manage and maintain trees on your property and can provide treatments that may help reduce the risk associated with certain trees. We can assess any tree risk and may suggest one or more of the following:

• Remove the tree. While a home or a nearby power line cannot be moved, it is possible to move picnic tables, cars, landscape features, or other possible targets to prevent them from being hit by a falling tree.
• Prune the nuisance tree. Remove the affected branches of the tree. Because inappropriate pruning may weaken a tree, pruning work is best done by one of our ISA Certified Arborist.
• Brace and cable the tree. Provide support for weak branches and stems to increase their strength and stability. Such supports are not guarantees against failure.
• Provide routine maintenance and care. Older trees need routine care in the form of water, nutrients (in some cases), mulch, and pruning as dictated by the season and their structure.
• Remove the tree. Some trees with unacceptable levels of risk are best removed. If possible, plant a new tree in an appropriate place as a replacement.

We have a team with some of the only arborists in the Tri-Cities.  Keep in mind that having trees on your property comes with a little bit of maintenance. With just a little maintenance, you can prevent most major pitfalls. You won’t have to be worried about trees causing property damage or even worse, personal injury. We look forward to discussing your tree maintenance needs. We have trained arborists in the Tri-Cities  that are professional and that can answer any questions you have.

Even though we are in a high plateau area of Washington State, and the Tri-Cities is considered a desert, we have many species of trees here. Trees provide numerous benefits to us living and working in the the Tri-Cities area, which increase with tree size and age. However, mature and bigger trees are also more likely to lose branches or cause root conflicts on the sites they inhabit. In managing these trees, tree owners must recognize the tree benefits and risks.

Whether hazards are created by our strong Tri-Cities wind, or ice-storms, or whether construction on the site may or already has negatively affected the tree, tree owners should recognize tree risk and management strategies to help ensure trees are able to provide their full complement of benefits.

We can answer any questions you have. We can help you find out more about recognizing tree risk, safely responding to tree-related storm damage, avoiding damaging trees during construction, and treating trees injured during construction.

Keep in mind that having trees on your property comes with a little bit of maintenance. With just a little maintenance, you can prevent most major pitfalls. You won’t have to be worried about trees causing property damage or even worse, personal injury. We look forward to discussing your tree maintenance needs. We have trained arborists in the Tri-Cities that are professional and that can answer any questions you have.