Zombie Trees - When Good Trees Go Bad

Brian Sieber from Davey's Cincinnati office  talks about the dreaded zombie trees! What are they, what kind of damage can they cause and how can you cure and avoid them?

In this episode we cover:

• What are zombie trees (1:00)
• Root problems (2:33)
• Construction damage (3:04)
• Poor tree architecture (3:40)
• Can a zombie tree be cured? (4:19)
• Free consultations (5:34)
• Satisfaction of helping a tree (6:01)
• Cabling (7:22)
• How Brian started his job (8:15)
• Fertilizing (9:06)
• Raking leaves (10:44)
• Hemlock woolly adelgid (11:27)
• Weather in Cincinnati this year (12:26) 
• Watering your tree (13:58)
• Good growing and low maintenance trees for your yard (15:58)
• How to avoid zombie trees (18:52)

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To learn more about zombie trees, watch our Zombie Trees Talking Trees Live video.

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