IT’S TIME FOR TREE TALK, THE NEXT GENERATION… YOUR WEEKLY NINETY SECONDS OF TOTALLY TREES RADIO PRESENTED BY BRUMBAUGH TREE SERVICE LLC.

HI. I’M RYAN BRUMGAUGH.

AND I’M TYLER BRUMBAUGH. WELCOME TO TREE TALK THE NEXT GENERATION.

WITH WINTER APPROACHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER PROTECTING YOUNG TREES.

MOST MATURE TREES DON’T NEED ANY EXTRA PROTECTION BECAUSE THEY’VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THEIR ROOT ZONE AND THEY HAVE ROOTS DEEP ENOUGH IN THE GROUND.

BUT YOUNG TREES AND NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS NEED EXTRA TLC.

AFTER THE GROUND FREEZES, APPLY THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF MULCH AROUND THE BASE OF THE TREE

BUT MAKE SURE YOU KEEP THE MULCH AWAY FROM THE TREE TRUNK BECAUSE YOU DON’T WANT TO PROMOTE TRUNK ROT OR MICE AND OTHER ANIMALS CHEWING ON THE BARK.

ANOTHER REALLY BAD THING FOR OUR AREA IS THE BARK OF YOUNG TREES.

THOSE THAT HAVE REALLY THIN BARK ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO SUN SCALD, MAINLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TREE, IN THE WINTERTIME.

WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE SUN SHINES ON THE TREE TRUNK WHICH WARMS UP THE SAP AND THEN AT NIGHT, WHEN TEMPERATURES DROP, THE SAP FREEZES

AND THEN, JUST LIKE AN ICE CUBE IN A TRAY, IT POPS, LEAVING A PERMANENT WOUND ON THE TREE.

ONE WAY TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING IS YOU TO WRAP THE TREE TRUNK WITH PAPER TREE WRAP, WHICH ACTS TO PREVENT THE TREE FROM GETTING TOO HOT.

THAT’S IT FOR THIS EDITION OF TREE TALK, THE NEXT GENERATION.

UNTIL NEXT TIME, THIS TYLER BRUMBAUGH

AND THIS IS RYAN BRUMBAUGH.THANKS FOR LISTENING.

TREE TALK THE NEXT GENERATION IS PRESENTED BY BRUMBAUGH TREE SERVICE LLC. JOIN US NEXT WEEK TUESDAY FOR MORE TOTALLY TREES RADIO.