Mike Cassidy from Davey’s West Columbus office shares advice for whatever Groundhog Day brings! Will there be six more weeks of winter or an early spring? In this episode, Cassidy covers last‑minute dormant season care, such as dormant pruning, as well as early spring tasks like reviewing your landscape.

In this episode we cover: 

• Dormant pruning to avoid pests and disease (1:44)
• Scale pests (2:37)
• Black knot fungus and fire blight (3:15)
• Ground freeze (4:26)
• Do arborists schedule around the weather? (5:25)
• Best time of the year to prune trees (6:59)
• Groundhog Day (8:18) (12:54)
• Deer protection (9:49)
• Dormant seeding (18:43)
• Review the trees and landscape (14:33)
• Hellebores (16:18)
• Dormant seeding (18:43)

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To learn more about tree care and landscaping in late winter and early spring, read our blogs Does a Late Spring Frost or Snowfall Damage Trees?, Winter Tree Protection: Three Proactive Tips, Most Common Questions about Tree Care in Spring, Spring Ahead: Schedule a Tree Inspection, Fruit Tree Care in Early Spring and What Does the Dormant Season Mean For Your Trees?

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