AGRICULTURAL AND FARM NEWS By Nathan Winter Extension Educator – Agricultural Productions Systems McLeod/Meeker County The spring time weather will soon be heading our way. Prune apple ...

The best time to prune most of our deciduous trees and shrubs is late winter. One reason is that insect pests and plant ...

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Recently, while chatting with an arborist friend of mine with decades of experience, he mentioned he saw a tree service working on trees around the townhouses where he lives, which had been contracted ...

A project is underway to prune hundreds of trees on campus in an effort to protect and enhance their health and longevity.

Follow these tips on how to prune citrus trees to encourage strong branches and improve fruit production. Knowing when and ...

Contact Curtis Short: [email protected] There is a difference between trees that grow in a forest and trees that grow in your yard. They may be the exact same species, but the tree growing in ...

Before pruning, choose a few scaffold branches to support future fruit. A scaffold branch is a permanent branch that forms the main framework of the tree. Cut back half of the previous year's growth.

You can do this type of pruning any time of the year. Money trees are often pruned into a tidy shape that looks like a small tree. They have a bare trunk topped by a canopy of branches and leaves.

The coral tree (Erythrina caffra) is a leguminous species that is particularly ... no wound wood can form. Incidentally, the practice of coating pruning cuts with a tar-like gooey substance ...