How we help through
MECHANICAL TREE MAINTENANCE 

We offer a full line of tree trimming services: 

Mechanical topper cutting down tops of citrus trees
 

Growers Topping and Hedging Services operates the largest fleet of late model custom topping, hedging, raking, and shredding equipment in the desert.

We have specialized equipment to handle everything from the largest citrus trees, to small narrow orchard equipment to handle the tightest high density groves. Our shredders can handle everything from light annual tree trimming, to heavy duty 3”-4” wood. 

And yes, even the thickest date palm trimmings can be shredded into the finest mulches for your grove or date garden floor. 

Animation of farm equipment chipping date palm fronds into mulch

Mechanical Topping

 
Opens up the dense tree tops to more sunlight to help promote interior tree bloom
Pushes stored energy within the tree back down into the tree canopy
Maintains tree height for easier and safer harvest
Saves on annual hand pruning
Mechanical topper machine with its topper raised over the machine
 
 
Mechanical topper machine moving along rows of citrus trees while topping the trees
Mechanical topper machine moving along rows of citrus trees while topping the trees

Mechanical Hedging

 
Opens up tree rows for easier equipment access
Helps maintain tree canopy size
strengthens young lateral branches for stronger tree scaffolding and shape
Mechanical hedger machine moving along rows of citrus trees while cutting the sides of the trees
 
 
Blades of a mechanical hedger machine cutting the sides of citrus trees
Mechanical hedger machine moving along rows of citrus trees while cutting the sides of the trees

Mechanical Tree Combing

 
Saves almost 80% of hand brush pulling from the trees after topping and hedging

Mechanical Brush Raking

 
Custom "hay rake style" machine that can eliminate the need for hand brush stacking and piling
Windrows brush prunings neatly and concentrated in the center of the rows

Mechanical Brush Shredding and Mulching

 

The final step in turning your annual pruning into much needed orchard mulch and ground cover. This mulched-in-place ground cover benefits your grove in many ways:

Helps to insulate and cool the ground between the rows
Helps to hold moisture and nutrients
Suppress weeds
Most importantly, helps put much needed carbon in the form of organic matter back into our soils
A machine moves along rows of citrus trees while collecting pruned branches and chopping them into mulch chips
 
 
A machine mulches pruned citrus tree branches while moving along rows of trees in a grove
A machine moves along rows of citrus trees while collecting pruned branches and chopping them into mulch chips

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