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Tree Care

You can help protect all your trees by

• Watering trees - even mature ones - during prolonged dry periods. The best way to water small trees is to let a hose run very slowly at the base of the tree for about an hour. For trees larger than six inches in diameter, water under the outer edges of the branches for one hour with the hose open-ended at a trickle speed.
• Saving routine pruning and trimming for dormant  winter months where contractors will give you better rates. (Don't trim elms, oaks and honey locusts in the spring or summer. Trimming between mid-April and mid-August greatly increases their disease susceptibility.)
• By not banging into the base of the tree with your lawn mower.

You are welcome to call the city forester at (952) 924-2565 with any questions about tree care, tree selection or planting. For more information about trees, click on www.mntrees.org.

Click here for a list of licensed tree services for St. Louis Park.