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Jan 31, Hiya folks! Only an idiot would try Felling trees in winter to make some room for a chicken coop. I AM that idiot! hahahhaha Look, if you are going to be f. Felling winter trees When the temperature drops below zero, even softer tree types such as pine, spruce and some leafy tree species turn hard and brittle.

In addition if the tree is covered with snow, you should be extra careful when felling it, since a snow-heavy crown can affect the centre of gravity of the tree. Jan 18, When trees are pruned in the winter, they also produce less sap (which attracts insects) than in the warmer months.

Combine these two facts, and you can see how disease is nearly impossible to spread in the colder months. Optimum Wound Closure: Pruning in the late winter provides a lower chance of spreading disease, as we’ve already covered. But if done at the right time, before spring really blossoms, the wounds from pruning will benefit from the accelerated healing process as the tree Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.

Jun 13, Before you start felling, try to remove the snow around the trunk of the tree and knock off as much snow and ice as possible from low hanging limbs, which pose an increased risk of distraction from falling snow while you are cutting the tree. As you face the challenges of winter work, taking a few extra maintenance steps and being extra alert to potential hazards can increase the productivity of Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins.

Dec 15, I know pruning trees in winter prevents the death of trees thru sap loss and deters the spread of bacteria and fungus.

To keep trees healthy and allow them to heal. I think what trees do in the winter to keep from freezing and exploding like a water pipe is to felling trees in winter an H- molecule from the H2O molecule and hold the hydrogen molecules and OH molecules in cells as"bound water"Estimated Reading Time: 9 mins.