Talking Trees with Davey Tree
Your trees and landscapes require year-round care, and The Davey Tree Expert Company is here to help provide you with expert advice. Join our professional Davey arborists and gardening-expert host Doug Oster to learn all about caring for your properties. We'll talk about introduced pests, seasonal tree care, tree diseases, arborists' favorite trees, how to help your trees thrive and everything in between. Tune in every Thursday because here at the Talking Trees Podcast, we know trees are the answer.
Talking Trees with Davey Tree
Spring Pruning Advice - What to Prune & What Not to Prune
Dan Hager from Hartney Greymont, a Davey company, in Concord, shares his top spring pruning tips as well as different pruning tools and common pruning mistakes homeowners make.
In this episode we cover:
- Pruning consultation and goals for plants (1:17)
- Not everything needs to be pruned (1:50)
- What a homeowner can prune vs what a professional should prune (3:00)
- Different pruning tools (3:56)
- The right saw to use for pruning (4:50)
- Biggest pruning mistakes homeowners make (6:30)
- What should not be pruned in the late winter/early spring (8:18)
- What's the best way for someone to learn how to prune? (11:10)
- Educating master gardeners about pruning apple trees (12:54)
- Importance of keeping tools clean (14:42)
- Other spring landscape pruning (16:30)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more spring pruning tips, read our blogs, Trimming Trees in Spring: Is It Okay to Trim Trees in Spring? and Fruit Tree Care in Early Spring.
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