7 tips for trimming your trees

Trimming is a technique used by arborists to remove young shoots from a tree from dormant buds. This technique improves tree growth.

Our arborists are often asked questions about trimming. Does my tree need trimming? How often should this procedure be performed? When should trees be trimmed? To be able to answer these questions, our arborist specialists help you to see things more clearly with these 7 enlightened tips!

1. The best time to trim trees is in late fall and winter, between November and March, when the buds are dormant.
2. It takes a chainsaw and an aerial basket to trim a tree. To avoid the risk of serious injury, it is best to consult arborist specialists.
3. Trimming can be done every 7 to 15 years depending on the tree species.
4. Trimming is an excellent way to collect wood and branches for owners or to resell.
5. Trimming is unnecessary for adult trees that have never been trimmed: it would be harmful to these trees and they would be in danger.
6. When trimming is started early in the tree's life, this intervention is beneficial to the tree and extends its life expectancy.
7. Trimming allows the tree to preserve its vital reserves and to use less energy.

Did you know that trimming has been practiced since ancient times? However, it was in the Middle Ages that this technique, as we know it today, became popular in Western Europe, in region of hedged farmlands. Today, these regions are present in Austria, Belgium, Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal and France, but trimming is practiced all over the world.