{"id":7376,"date":"2020-08-27T13:13:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T17:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/?p=7376"},"modified":"2020-08-27T13:14:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T17:14:20","slug":"5-things-to-do-if-you-have-a-dying-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/5-things-to-do-if-you-have-a-dying-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things to Do If You Have a Dying Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So maybe you haven’t got a green thumb<\/a>, or maybe you’re just noticing the people who took care of your yard before you didn’t, and your tree is dying. Never fear!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s more than possible for you to bring a dying tree back to life, regardless of your gardening skills. All you need to do is follow the right steps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s why we’ve compiled the five things you should do when you suspect that your tree is dying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

1. Know the Signs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First of all, it’s important to identify the signs of a dying tree. Sometimes trees can just look a little funky, and sometimes they might unfortunately already be dead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dying or sick trees can be identified by a number of things like softened wood, dead branches, unnatural leaf loss, as well as a bending appearance due to weakened roots. Any and all of these are symptoms of a sick tree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Assess the Cause<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The next step is to assess the potential causes of your tree’s sickness. This can be difficult to do, but it isn’t impossible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some symptoms can be signs of specific sicknesses. For example, if you have an elm tree that has wilting leaves and yellowing branches, it may be a sign of Dutch Elm’s Disease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Call the Doctor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you’re unsure about the cause of your tree’s sickness, the best thing to do is to call the doctor! That’s right, there are tree doctors, and they’re known as arborists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An arborist will do a great job of telling you exactly what’s wrong with your tree and also giving you the proper steps to taking care of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Give the Medicine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The steps that the arborist (or the internet, depending on which option you go for) gives you are the “medicine” that the tree needs to get better. This can range from different pruning techniques to a different watering schedule. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It all depends on the tree! But like humans, they need some TLC to get back to their old and healthy selves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Cut or Keep?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Finally, sometimes your tree just needs to get chopped. This is a decision that you can ultimately make depending on what you are more comfortable with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tree removal from places like Elevated Arbor Care<\/a> is sometimes the best thing you can do because it’s either already dead or past the point of no return. Doing this will end a tree’s misery and also prevent disease or sickness from spreading to nearby trees and plants, which can make for some angry neighbors and frustrated gardeners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You Can Help a Dying Tree<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The most important thing to remember is that you can help a dying tree. Whether it’s through nursing it back to life or taking it out of its pain, you will be helping that tree either way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As long as you have this guide, there’s no way you can go wrong with your tree-hugging skills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you liked this post, be sure to check out some others and to come back again soon for more content! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So maybe you haven’t got a green thumb, or maybe you’re just noticing the people who took care of your yard before you didn’t, and your tree is dying. Never fear! It’s more than possible for you to bring a dying tree back to life, regardless of your gardening skills. All you need to do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7378,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7376\/revisions\/7378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}