05/31/2026
🌪️ HURRICANE SEASON IS HERE DON’T DESTROY YOUR TREE IN THE NAME OF STORM PREPARATION! 🌳
Pictures are what you don’t want to do, unless you want your tree to fail.
One of the biggest misconceptions we see every year is homeowners having their trees “thinned out” by removing most of the foliage or cutting branches back to stubs before hurricane season.
Unfortunately, these practices often make trees MORE likely to fail during a storm.
❌ Excessive foliage removal reduces the tree’s ability to produce energy through photosynthesis, weakening its overall health.
❌ Stub cuts and heading cuts create large wounds that often lead to decay, insect infestations, and weakly attached regrowth.
❌ When a tree is stripped of its canopy, it responds by producing numerous fast-growing water sprouts that are poorly attached and highly susceptible to breakage in future storms.
❌ Over thinning and lion tailing shift weight to the ends of branches, increasing the likelihood of branch failure during high winds.
Research has shown that healthy trees with proper structure and a full canopy often perform better during hurricanes than trees that have been excessively pruned.
The goal of hurricane pruning is NOT to remove all the foliage. The goal is to develop strong branch structure, remove dead or defective limbs, reduce defects, and maintain proper canopy architecture according to ANSI A300 pruning standards.
If you’re concerned about your trees this hurricane season, have them inspected by an ISA Certified Arborist. A professional assessment can identify structural defects and provide science based recommendations that improve storm resilience without compromising tree health.
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