Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- April 29, 2008

Remnants of winter's ice storms will dictate spring tree pruning (:47)

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NOW THAT WINTER'S SAFELY BEHIND US, IT'S TEMPTING TO FORGET THE SNOW AND ICE STORMS OF JANUARY. BUT A GARDENING EXPERT IN PENN STATE STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES SAYS WHAT HAPPENED THEN CAN DIRECT WHAT YOU DO NOW TO TREES AND SHRUBS. GARY ABDULLAH HAS MORE:

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(:16) INTENSE ICE STORMS IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN, SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA HAVE LEFT BEHIND DAMAGED TREES AND SHRUBS. GINGER PRYOR, COORDINATOR OF THE PENN STATE MASTER GARDENERS PROGRAM, SAYS BEFORE YOU GRAB YOUR SAW TO FIX THE DAMAGE, YOU MAY WANT TO CALL IN AN ARBORIST:

Pryor Actuality:
(:18) "IF YOU JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF BRANCHES THAT WERE BROKEN OUT, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO DO SOME CORRECTIVE PRUNING. BUT IF YOU HAD, SAY, THE MAIN LEADER BREAK OUT OR SOME MAIN TRUNK DAMAGE, IT COULD EVENTUALLY ADD TO A LOT OF DECAY. SO YOU PROBABLY WOULD WANT TO HIRE AN ARBORIST."

(:13) PRYOR SAYS PRUNING IS CRUCIAL BECAUSE LEAVING BROKEN BRANCHES CAN PROMOTE ROT AND DISEASE THAT CAN RUIN THE ENTIRE TREE. FOR ADVICE ON GARDENING FOR YOUR AREA, CONTACT THE PENN STATE MASTER GARDENERS THROUGH YOUR LOCAL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OFFICE. I'M GARY ABDULLAH.

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LONG, HARD WINTER HAS DAMAGED TREES IN PENNSYLVANIA (from the College of Agricultural Sciences news archives)

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