Spring Pruning Advice - What to Prune & What Not to Prune
Episode description
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)
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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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