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Does Spanish Moss Hurt My Tree?
Spanish Moss is far heavier than it looks, and it can weigh down trees and branches. The surface of Spanish Moss is covered with extremely small, almost invisible to the eyes scales. These scales will hold moisture in until the plant can absorb it and use it – and those scales can hold quite a bit of water, far more than you’d imagine – each strand can hold up to three pounds of water!
This makes the moss extremely heavy and dangerous to the trees. Apart of weighing down the branches on a normal day, they fill up quickly and add quite a bit of weight when there is a severe storm, often helping to bring down entire trees. When your moss is a gray or white color, it is often dried out and better to remove. If it is green, that means it is filled with water.
Think of your trees like your body – with all of the extra weight, the trees cannot really function on a day to day basis, let alone when it is put under stress.
This makes the moss extremely heavy and dangerous to the trees. Apart of weighing down the branches on a normal day, they fill up quickly and add quite a bit of weight when there is a severe storm, often helping to bring down entire trees. When your moss is a gray or white color, it is often dried out and better to remove. If it is green, that means it is filled with water.
Think of your trees like your body – with all of the extra weight, the trees cannot really function on a day to day basis, let alone when it is put under stress.
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Spanish Moss Removal in Corpus Christi
In most cases, Spanish Moss spread pretty rapidly and grows at a fast pace, and that means that it is extremely difficult to stop when it starts. This is why we have quite a few suggestions to make Spanish Moss fit into your tree care budget – and the first is to do it. Without this service, you might have to pay for many other tree care services that you wouldn't have had to before – like tree removal, pruning, and disease prevention. Not to mention, you could have to pay higher insurance bills if the Spanish Moss overpowers your trees and bring it down on your house or car.
Before we begin, we’ll walk you through the process of removal and go over the best techniques for removing the moss itself. We want to make sure you’re fully aware of how your money is being spent. It is difficult to give a proper estimate for the this service, but there are a few factors that can make a difference:
Contact our team today to receive a complimentary estimate for services so you can get that unsightly Spanish Moss removed. This is extremely important if you have trees that are older or if there is a big storm coming out way. However, we do encourage you to remove it long before then – there is a rush of requests around hurricane season and it can be difficult to keep up with the traffic. Don't like how your trees look with Spanish Moss growing all over it? We can remove it.
Before we begin, we’ll walk you through the process of removal and go over the best techniques for removing the moss itself. We want to make sure you’re fully aware of how your money is being spent. It is difficult to give a proper estimate for the this service, but there are a few factors that can make a difference:
- How much Spanish Moss there is;
- Height and size of your trees;
- What special tools we will need to use to remove the Spanish Moss.
Contact our team today to receive a complimentary estimate for services so you can get that unsightly Spanish Moss removed. This is extremely important if you have trees that are older or if there is a big storm coming out way. However, we do encourage you to remove it long before then – there is a rush of requests around hurricane season and it can be difficult to keep up with the traffic. Don't like how your trees look with Spanish Moss growing all over it? We can remove it.
Call: 361-214-1996