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Tree Trimming in Camino

Trees acting up in Camino, ZIP 95709? Call (530) 248-6524. A tree pro from the area can come see your pines, apple trees or oaks. We book it, and the pro quotes the job.

Where Camino sits

Camino runs from about 3,000 to 3,500 feet, with a mean height of 3,133 feet by USGS count. That's high enough that, as Wikipedia puts it, it snows several times a year. You're about five miles west of Pollock Pines and a little lower down the ridge.

The town is known for Christmas tree ranches and for fall apple picking. Lots of people mix it up with Apple Hill, and the two are neighbors. Highway 50 passes through town, which Wikipedia places halfway along the road from Sacramento to South Lake Tahoe.

Snow comes more than once

A place that gets snow "several times a year" gets several chances to bend a limb. Each storm tests a tree. Dead limbs fail first. After that come long limbs hung out over the drive, and branches that join the trunk at a tight angle.

The best fix is to look in October. Walk the yard with your head tipped back. Mark what's dead or cracked. Our snow-load page goes through the list, and shows what to do after a storm.

Evergreens everywhere

When a town grows Christmas trees, it has a lot of conifers. Yard pines are close cousins, with the same needs. The pine rule from UC's bark beetle note is the same in Camino as anywhere in the foothills: no pruning from February to mid-October.

If your own property has a few rows of firs from a past tree-farm life, thinning the rows is a pro job. Packed rows need space as they grow, or they'll fight each other for water.

Your apple trees

Apple trees are a different case. Old ones grow tall and tangled, and the fruit ends up out of reach. A pro can bring them back down to size, a bit each year.

The ISA pruning guide says to cut no more than about a quarter of a tree's crown at once. For an old apple, that means patience. Two or three winters of small cuts beat one big hack, and the tree stays healthy.

Who lives here, and what it means

The 2020 census counted 1,871 people in Camino. The median age was 55.3. That's an older crowd on average, and trees around older homes have had a long time to grow.

A pine that was knee-high when the house went up can be many stories tall now. If its limbs reach the roof, see roofs and chimneys.

And please don't climb up there yourself. Let a pro with the right gear do it.

Prices

Guides give a ballpark. On Fixr, a typical job is $175 to $750, and pine work is $200 to $1,800. LawnStarter's range for trees under 30 ft is $85 to $415.

A steep driveway or snow on the ground can slow things down, and the pro quotes after looking.

Older trees, older stories

Camino's first post office opened in 1904, according to Wikipedia. The town has been around a long time, and so have many of its trees. Old trees need a gentler hand: smaller cuts, spread over more years.

If you aren't sure how old a pine is, a pro can often guess by its size and bark. Ask during the visit.

Nearby

Close by: Pollock Pines, Pleasant Valley, Sierra Springs. For a yearly plan in Camino, open the care-by-season table. Back to the Pollock Pines home page, or see the other towns near Camino.