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Tree Trimming in Rocklin

Rocklin is in our area. Call (279) 256-3385 and we'll book a pro who works in Placer County to visit your trees.

Trees and price are the pro's department. We handle the phone and the scheduling.

The town the granite built

Rocklin is a city in Placer County, about 6.1 miles northeast of Roseville. The 2020 census counted 71,601 people. It borders Roseville, Granite Bay, Loomis and Lincoln.

The name is no accident. Wikipedia says the Central Pacific Railroad named the area Rocklin after its granite quarry. Miners also worked Secret Ravine, which runs through town, and some of the granite from there was used as the base course of the California Capitol Building.

The problem with topping

Here's a Rocklin habit worth skipping. A tree gets too big, so someone chops the top off. It looks like progress. It isn't.

The ISA says topping is perhaps the most harmful pruning practice known. Half the leaves, or all of them, can go in one cut. Leaves are the tree's food factory, so the tree goes hungry.

Then it fights back. Per the ISA, regrowth can shoot up 20 feet in a year in some species. They are weakly attached and prone to breaking. A topped tree can be more dangerous than the one you started with.

What works instead is reduction. The ISA describes it as cutting a limb back to a side branch that can take over, and the branch you cut back to should measure a third or more of what you removed. A pro can lower a tree's height and keep its shape this way, a little at a time.

How much is too much?

The ISA's ceiling is a quarter of the crown at once, with less for mature trees. UC says about 20% a year is a safer upper limit for avoiding sunburn. The best answer is usually smaller than you'd guess.

Spread big jobs over a few seasons. Ask the pro, before the first cut, how much of the crown will come off. If the answer is "most of it," ask for a second opinion.

What it costs in Rocklin

Size drives the price. Fixr lists trees of 30 to 50 feet at $150 to $800. Smaller trees of 20 to 30 feet run $150 to $450. Taking out dead wood alone runs $176 to $428, says Homeyou.

Ask for a price per job, not just per hour. Your pro gives the number after seeing the tree.

Picking the month

Folsom's standards are written for Folsom trees, but the timing advice is handy next door. They say winter and spring are the ideal seasons for routine pruning. Bugs are less active in winter, and wounds close fastest in spring.

Pines and elms get special treatment. UC's no-prune windows are February to mid-October for pines and March to September for elms.

Apricots and cherries get their cut in July and August. Dead limbs are fine to remove in any month.

So a Rocklin yard might get its main trim in January, a quick cleanup in April, and a look at the apricot in July. Don't know what tree you have? Call and describe the leaves and the bark. That's usually enough.

Next door

Neighbors we cover: Roseville, Loomis and Granite Bay. The crown page shows safer ways to shrink a tree. Also see the Folsom page and the towns list.