Tree Care in Manhasset Hills, NY

If you're looking at the mature trees in your Manhasset Hills yard, you're likely seeing the legacy of the 1960s building boom. Many of the original plantings, now about 64 years old, were chosen for fast growth, not long-term health. You'll see this in the widespread silver maples, known for their aggressive surface roots and weak wood that fails in storms, and the Bradford pears, which are structurally destined to split as they reach maturity. The challenge is that a tree can look perfectly healthy from the outside while decay is active inside the trunk. We use simple tools like sounding with a mallet to listen for the hollow thud of rot versus the solid ring of good wood, because by the time external symptoms show, the problem is often advanced.