Fire Blight - What is it, How to Control & What Trees are Affected?

Eric Countryman from Davey's East Pittsburgh office talks about fire blight and other bacterial diseases that can impact your trees. In this episode we cover: What is fire blight (1:06) What fire blight looks like (1:39) When fire blight is most prevalent (2:13) Treating fire blight (2:55) How to prevent fire blight (4:35) How arborists handle fire blight (6:52) Off the beaten path trees to plant (8:22) Black knot disease (10:57) Apple scab disease (13:02) Using fertilizer to help tree health (15:51) Eric's experience with tree diseases this season (17:21) To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code. To learn more about fire blight, read our blog Why ‘Bradford’ Callery Pear Tree Leaves Are Brown, Black or Falling Off. Connect with Davey Tree on social media: Twitter: @DaveyTree Facebook: @DaveyTree Instagram: @daveytree YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com . Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at podcasts@davey.com . We want to hear from you! Click here to send Talking Trees Fan Mail!