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Tag: tree fertilization

Landscape Tips: How To Prepare Your Garden For The Fall

09/04/2017

You have spent time landscaping your yard. Your garden has produced flowers and vegetables all season, and now it needs some special care. This begins with removing all the plants with seeds since these can become troublesome in the spring. The seeds can overpopulate your garden if they...

Fertilizing Your Trees Can Keep Them Healthy, Avoiding Malnutrition and Disease

06/19/2017

Do Trees Even Need Fertilizer? You can google this question and come up with extremely different results. Some people swear that all backyard trees should get fertilizer at least once per year, while others will insist the whole concept is a scam. The truth is...

What’s The Best Time To Prune Trees?

Almost all varieties of trees benefit from proper pruning, and any kind of tree can be damaged by weather, which can also necessitate a trim. But pruning needs to be done correctly, and at the right time of year, or you seriously risk causing more harm than good and endangering the longevity of your trees. In considering when to prune trees, you’ll want to consider the types of trees you have, as well as your local climate. As a general rule, pruning is best to do in winter, before the trees have started growing and budding for the spring. If your area has harsh, icy winters, it can be best to either get the pruning done early in the winter, to remove any dead or damaged growth that could be further hurt by severe winter weather, or to wait until the worst of the winter storms have passed to make sure that everything is cleaned up well before early spring growth begins.