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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