--- title: 4 Tips to Prepare your Trees for Winter in Kansas City description: 4 Tips to Prepare your Trees for Winter in Kansas City! image: https://www.cartwrighttree.com/hubfs/Beautifying_Kansas_City_With_Every_Season.jpg --- # 4 Tips to Prepare your Trees for Winter in Kansas City Sep 12, 2016 1:04:33 PM --- **![Beautifying_Kansas_City_With_Every_Season.jpg](https://www.cartwrighttree.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Beautifying_Kansas_City_With_Every_Season.jpg?width=600&height=600&name=Beautifying_Kansas_City_With_Every_Season.jpg) ** We can't bundle our beloved trees up for winter as we do our children, but we can do a little [winterizing](https://www.cartwrighttree.com/news/begin-preparing-your-trees-for-winter-now) to help protect them from possible ice or snow storms and those frosty Arctic temperatures ahead.   Since these icy conditions favor our area; follow these 4 tips for healthy, happy and safe trees this winter season!  --- Are your trees ready for this Winter season?  Contact Cartwright Tree Care to request your [free consultation](https://www.cartwrighttree.com/24-hour-emergency-response).     ![Prune_black.jpg](https://www.cartwrighttree.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Prune_black.jpg?width=131&name=Prune_black.jpg)#1  Maintain a very good upkeep on your trees throughout the entire year instead of only focusing on certain seasons.  Well maintained, strong, [healthy trees](https://www.cartwrighttree.com/news/3-quick-tips-for-healthy-trees-throughout-the-winter) always do better than the weak, damaged and un-managed trees.   ![dfghjm.jpg](https://www.cartwrighttree.com/hs-fs/hubfs/dfghjm.jpg?width=131&name=dfghjm.jpg "dfghjm.jpg")#2 Be ready for old man winter to knock!  Inspect your trees often or have a Cartwright Tree Care Professional perform our yearly [Risk assessment](https://www.cartwrighttree.com/news/cartwright-tree-care-offers-tree-preservation-and-consulting) to check for limbs or branches hanging over your house, sidewalk or car.  If the branches are dead, diseased or unsafe, it is best to just remove them.     ![shutterstock_384794368.jpg](https://www.cartwrighttree.com/hs-fs/hubfs/shutterstock_384794368.jpg?width=131&name=shutterstock_384794368.jpg "shutterstock_384794368.jpg")#3 Build a relationship with a tree care professional and become established as a regular customer. A regular customer's needs will be addressed following a storm before the needs of new clients.     ![shutterstock_256640896.jpg](https://www.cartwrighttree.com/hs-fs/hubfs/shutterstock_256640896.jpg?width=131&name=shutterstock_256640896.jpg "shutterstock_256640896.jpg")#4 [Don't stop watering](https://www.cartwrighttree.com/news/the-importance-of-watering-your-trees-through-fall-and-winter).  This is very important.  Most people think to stop once a little cold weather comes our way but,  trees need water throughout the entire year to survive.  Don't water when the ground freezes but resume once it un-freezes!   [![Get your FREE Yearly Assessment Here! ](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/507305/3edf2ef3-41b9-424d-a515-5349b5ee806d.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/507305/3edf2ef3-41b9-424d-a515-5349b5ee806d) ---   [Tree Maintenance](https://www.cartwrighttree.com/blog/topic/tree-maintenance) ##### Like it? 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