About this episode
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 . 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!