Winter Walkthrough - Prep Your Garden for Spring

Josh Fritz from Hartney Greymont, a Davey company, talks about what to look for in your landscape during the winter and how to determine what may need some attention once spring arrives.

In this episode we cover:

• What to look for on the landscape (0:48)
• Sounding a tree (1:28)
• Identifying pruning problems (3:50)
• Fire blight (4:39)
• Bradford pear trees (5:26)
• How Josh started his job (7:46)
• The old way arborists climbed trees (9:41)
• Stewartia trees (11:18)
• Mushroom and fungi (14:03)
• What Josh gets out of his job (15:53)

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To learn more about dormant pruning, read our blog, Importance of Pruning: 5 Reasons to Prune During the Winter Season.
To learn more about Bradford pear trees and fire blight, read our blog, Why 'Bradford' Callery Pear Tree Leaves are Brown, Black or Falling Off.
To learn more about mushrooms growing at the base of your tree, read our blog, What to do about Mushrooms Growing at the Base of Trees.
 

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