| A tree surgeon (or arborist) helps to treat sick or | | | | dead trees. The may have to felled due to |
| indeed damaged trees. They also remove dead | | | | proximity to a house, or because they are dead |
| ones that could be problematic. The treatment of | | | | and present a falling risk. Once felled, they have |
| a sick tree could involve anything from removing | | | | to be cut into manageable sizes. Only then can |
| parts, to removing fungus and bacteria with | | | | the roots and stump be removed, which can |
| insecticides. They also help to remove branches | | | | involve stump grinding, a lot of digging, or the use |
| which may pose a falling hazard. | | | | of chemicals. |
| This article is to help understand just a few of | | | | Treating Bacteria and Fungal Infections |
| the roles they fulfil: | | | | There are many different bacteria and fungus |
| Pruning | | | | types that can do serious damage, no matter |
| Tree surgeons spend a large proportion of their | | | | how large. A tree surgeon will be able to detect |
| job cutting back trees which may be causing a | | | | and diagnose any of these problems with your |
| falling risk, or growing too closely to powerlines | | | | tree, and recommend a suitable solution. |
| etc. This is a delicate job which needs a lot of | | | | Anitbiotics and fungicides can be applied directly to |
| consideration in order to avoid stressing the trees. | | | | the trunk or leaves depending on the problem. |
| This job is of particular interest to power | | | | Grafting |
| companies who employ tree surgeons to prune | | | | This is a specialist technique which a tree surgeon |
| trees growing near power lines in order to keep | | | | will be able to advise on. It can be as |
| their network running. | | | | straightforward as trying to grow a new tree |
| Removal | | | | from an existing cutting, or the joining of two |
| Tree Surgeons often have to deal with fallen, or | | | | struggling trees to form one. |