Dormant Pruning - Why Prune Now?

Talking Trees with Davey Tree · Feb 3, 2022 · 19m

Robert Spartz from Davey's Quad Cities office talks about why pruning trees in the dormant season is the best choice, and how to safely prune your own trees.

In this episode we cover:

Dormant pruning (0:47)

Knowing if you or an expert should prune (3:34)

How arborists learn to prune (4:37)

Pruning mistakes (6:26) (14:56)

Three step method (7:38)

Tools for pruning (9:26)

Sharpening tools (10:56)

Are there trees that don't like dormant pruning? (11:33)

How Robert started his job as an arborist (12:54)

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