Tree Care in Setauket, NY

If you're looking at the trees in your Setauket yard and feeling uneasy, there's a good reason. Many of the mature trees here, like the silver maples and Bradford pears, were planted when these homes were built in the 1960s. Builders chose them for fast growth and instant shade, but they come with built-in problems. Silver maples have weak wood and aggressive surface roots, while every Bradford pear is guaranteed to split apart after 15 to 20 years. We see the results of those choices now in cracked driveways and storm-damaged limbs. The real issue is that a tree can look fine on the outside for years while decay is spreading inside. By the time you see a fungus or a crack, the structural problem is often advanced.