{"id":252,"date":"2020-01-28T19:09:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T19:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/?p=252"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:33:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:33:40","slug":"professional-pruning-keeps-trees-healthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/professional-pruning-keeps-trees-healthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Pruning Keeps Trees Healthy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Did you know professional pruning keeps your trees healthy while improper pruning can cause lasting damage to a tree? \u00a0Branches broken off in a windstorm can also cause damage that lasts far beyond the initial cleanup.\u00a0 Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trees deal with wounds differently<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Trees deal with wounds in a very different way than you or\nI. When we are wounded, our body goes through a process of regeneration in\nwhich our bodies replace the cells that were damaged or lost (to some extent).  Trees do not respond in the same ways as\nhumans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wounds in trees occur when the outer layers of bark are compromised, exposing or removing the cambium and inner wood.  This happens whether limbs are trimmed properly by pruning shears or strong winds break or tear a branch.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cambium is a paper-thin layer that resides just below the bark and is responsible for creating new wood and bark, resulting in the tree growing thicker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do trees deal with wounds?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When a tree is wounded, it does not heal the affected wood\nbut instead grows a new layer of wood to seal it off, much like putting a\npermanent band-aid over the wound.  The\ntree tries to enclose the wound as quickly as possible before rot or disease\nattack the structural support that is the wood inside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you can imagine, the tree is better equipped to deal with some wounds than others. Clean cuts at branch collars (like those done by a professional arborist during regular pruning) heal much more quickly than if the same branch broke off in the wind.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Branches broken by gale force winds are usually torn off leaving a large jagged wound, which takes much longer to close. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Protect trees on your Seattle property<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professional pruning by a certified arborist is one way you can protect your trees as they only perform clean cuts following proper procedures. By doing this, any wounds heal quicker and are less likely to be infected by insect, disease or rot.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, preventative pruning to remove weak, dead or dying limbs can lower the chance of storm damage by strong winds because these branches are more prone to breaking.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our crews provide service to the Seattle metro area, the entire Eastside, North Bend and Snohomish areas. Contact us<\/a> for your free estimate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Improper pruning and windstorms can cause lasting damage to trees in your Seattle or North Bend yard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pruning"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPruning Keeps Trees Healthy | Eastside Tree Works<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Professional pruning should be part of regular tree maintenance as it keeps trees on your Seattle or Eastside property strong and healthy.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/professional-pruning-keeps-trees-healthy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pruning Keeps Trees Healthy | Eastside Tree Works\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Professional pruning should be part of regular tree maintenance as it keeps trees on your Seattle or Eastside property strong and healthy.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/professional-pruning-keeps-trees-healthy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eastside Tree Works\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-28T19:09:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-06T17:33:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jordan Blonski\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jordan Blonski\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\\\/blog\\\/professional-pruning-keeps-trees-healthy\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\\\/blog\\\/professional-pruning-keeps-trees-healthy\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jordan Blonski\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/55c35664e50a51c6bb26a962ff7d194c\"},\"headline\":\"Professional Pruning Keeps Trees Healthy\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-28T19:09:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-06T17:33:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\\\/blog\\\/professional-pruning-keeps-trees-healthy\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":397,\"articleSection\":[\"Pruning\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\\\/blog\\\/professional-pruning-keeps-trees-healthy\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\\\/blog\\\/professional-pruning-keeps-trees-healthy\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pruning Keeps Trees Healthy | Eastside Tree Works\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-28T19:09:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-06T17:33:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/55c35664e50a51c6bb26a962ff7d194c\"},\"description\":\"Professional pruning should be part of regular tree maintenance as it keeps trees on your Seattle or Eastside property strong and healthy.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\\\/blog\\\/professional-pruning-keeps-trees-healthy\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\\\/blog\\\/professional-pruning-keeps-trees-healthy\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\\\/blog\\\/professional-pruning-keeps-trees-healthy\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Professional Pruning Keeps Trees Healthy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Eastside Tree Works\",\"description\":\"Eastside Tree Works Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/55c35664e50a51c6bb26a962ff7d194c\",\"name\":\"Jordan Blonski\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e5b5e0672ba145bc5cdbea0cfdcc1e37ca25ff73124714c5f22145adb84fdf98?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e5b5e0672ba145bc5cdbea0cfdcc1e37ca25ff73124714c5f22145adb84fdf98?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e5b5e0672ba145bc5cdbea0cfdcc1e37ca25ff73124714c5f22145adb84fdf98?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jordan Blonski\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/jordan-blonski\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pruning Keeps Trees Healthy | Eastside Tree Works","description":"Professional pruning should be part of regular tree maintenance as it keeps trees on your Seattle or Eastside property strong and healthy.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/professional-pruning-keeps-trees-healthy\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pruning Keeps Trees Healthy | Eastside Tree Works","og_description":"Professional pruning should be part of regular tree maintenance as it keeps trees on your Seattle or Eastside property strong and healthy.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/professional-pruning-keeps-trees-healthy\/","og_site_name":"Eastside Tree Works","article_published_time":"2020-01-28T19:09:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-06T17:33:40+00:00","author":"Jordan Blonski","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jordan Blonski","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/professional-pruning-keeps-trees-healthy\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/professional-pruning-keeps-trees-healthy\/"},"author":{"name":"Jordan Blonski","@id":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/55c35664e50a51c6bb26a962ff7d194c"},"headline":"Professional Pruning Keeps Trees Healthy","datePublished":"2020-01-28T19:09:47+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-06T17:33:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/professional-pruning-keeps-trees-healthy\/"},"wordCount":397,"articleSection":["Pruning"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/professional-pruning-keeps-trees-healthy\/","url":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/professional-pruning-keeps-trees-healthy\/","name":"Pruning Keeps Trees Healthy | Eastside Tree Works","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-01-28T19:09:47+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-06T17:33:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/55c35664e50a51c6bb26a962ff7d194c"},"description":"Professional pruning should be part of regular tree maintenance as it keeps trees on your Seattle or Eastside property strong and healthy.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/professional-pruning-keeps-trees-healthy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/professional-pruning-keeps-trees-healthy\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/professional-pruning-keeps-trees-healthy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Professional Pruning Keeps Trees Healthy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/","name":"Eastside Tree Works","description":"Eastside Tree Works Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/55c35664e50a51c6bb26a962ff7d194c","name":"Jordan Blonski","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e5b5e0672ba145bc5cdbea0cfdcc1e37ca25ff73124714c5f22145adb84fdf98?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e5b5e0672ba145bc5cdbea0cfdcc1e37ca25ff73124714c5f22145adb84fdf98?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e5b5e0672ba145bc5cdbea0cfdcc1e37ca25ff73124714c5f22145adb84fdf98?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jordan Blonski"},"url":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/author\/jordan-blonski\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1228,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions\/1228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}