Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- October 20, 2009
Don't rush to remove storm-damaged trees (:53)
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Suggested Intro:
AFTER LAST WEEK'S EARLY SNOW STORMS, HOMEOWNERS IN SOME PARTS OF PENNSYLVANIA MUST DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH BROKEN AND DAMAGED TREES. BUT AN EXPERT IN PENN STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES SUGGESTS YOU PROCEED WITH CAUTION. MORE FROM GARY ABDULLAH:
Story:
(:15) HEAVY, WET SNOW FALLING ON LEAF-LADEN TREES CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE TO BOUGHS AND BRANCHES AROUND THE STATE. PENN STATE PROFESSOR OF FOREST RESOURCES JIM FINLEY SAYS WHILETHE SIGHT OF TORN AND SHATTERED BRANCHES IS UPSETTING, YOU SHOULDN'T RUSH INTO EXTREME PRUNING OR TREE REMOVAL:
Finley Actuality:
(:19) "THE IMPORTANT THING IS, NOT TO GET CARRIED AWAY. EVALUATE HOW BAD THE DAMAGE IS, MAYBE DO THE ROUGH CLEAN-UP, AND THEN PUT OFF DOING YOUR FINAL PRUNING UNTIL LATER ON. BY WAITING UNTIL JUST BEFORE THE TREE BEGINS TO GROW IN THE SPRING, THE TREE'S GOING TO BE MORE LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO COMPARTMENTALIZE ITS INJURIES. SO, PRUNE IT A LITTLE LONG RIGHT NOW AND THEN PLAN ON COMING BACK AND PRUNING IT LATER."(:17) FINLEY SAYS IF YOU NEED A LADDER TO PRUNE TREE DAMAGE, IT'S TIME TO CALL A PROFESSIONAL ARBORIST. YOU CAN FIND FREE INFORMATION ON PRUNING AND OTHER ASPECTS OF TREE CARE ONLINE FROM PENN STATE COLLEGE OF AG SCIENCES PUBLICATIONS AT PUBS DOT C-A-S DOT P-S-U DOT E-D-U. FROM PENN STATE, I'M GARY ABDULLAH.
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