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How do you know when a tree is no longer safe to keep?

What if the roots are already affecting your driveway, or branches are hanging too close to your roof?

In Arundel, trees grow fast and react quickly to weather changes, which makes these questions harder to ignore. Waiting too long can lead to damage that’s more expensive to deal with later. That’s why getting a clear assessment matters.

Our team at JC Tree Services provide a full range of tree services in Arundel, including:

Stump Grinding

Tree Pruning

Tree Lopping

Land Clearing

24 Hour Emergency & Storm Call Out

What if that tree you’ve been keeping an eye on at your Arundel property is already showing early signs of a bigger issue? Our arborists at JC Tree Services can walk you through what’s really going on so you can deal with it early and avoid bigger problems later.

I run around administering birth control several times a week.

Not to people, I don’t have that sort of training.

Suppressing fruit or seed pods from a tree can have a number of benefits. Sweet gum trees create spikey balls that weigh down branches and sometimes cause failures, tripping hazards and at the very least create an annoying mess on people lawns. Acorns from Oak trees can be an annoyance for folks who don’t want to hear them dropping on their roof all year long. This is not to mention undesired fruit production.

The trick is timing. This fiasco usually starts in early March with cherries. You see, I have to catch the tree in a very specific stage. I’m waiting for the tree to ovulate. Yep, trees ovulate in case you didn’t know. Depending on specie, their buds will start to flower at different times in spring. It has no bearing on what the leaves are doing, I’m watching the flower buds. If they make it to full flower, they will have been pollinated by our local bee population. Then that flower turns into a fruit or seed. It’s been fertilized. Sound familiar? Nature uses the same tricks in different forms and I think it’s beautiful.

This treatment does not harm the bee population. It’s an injection that doesn’t harm nearby trees, does not have lasting effects and can be skipped in order to allow the tree to produce fruit the following season.

This is another way arborists can improve people’s relationship with trees as an alternative to removal. Once they are gone they are gone and we advocate for retention whenever possible.

Arborists recommend focusing on ladder fuels and ember traps to improve home safety before fire season. Bushfires climb from ground level, moving up through dry grass, shrubs, and low branches before reaching the canopy and your home.

If you break that pathway, you reduce the intensity and spread of fire near your property.

To reduce the risk of fire climbing toward your roof, prioritise the following:

Remove dead branches and fallen timber

Clear dense undergrowth around trees and fences

Prune palm trees and remove dry fronds

Trim lower tree limbs to create vertical separation

Thin out overhanging branches near the house

Cut back shrubs growing against exterior walls

Maintain safe clearance between trees and powerlines

Regular maintenance from keeps vegetation from becoming dry and overgrown during peak season.

Just because a tree is green and standing upright doesn’t mean it’s safe.

Our arborists at JC Tree Services, we see "perfectly fine" trees suddenly fail because underlying issues were left unchecked for too long.

We’re pulling back the curtain on what a real health assessment involves and why it’s vital for every Gold Coast homeowner.