What's Growing On My Tree? - Black Knot, Galls & Other Growths

Talking Trees with Davey Tree

Brian Sieber, district manager of Davey's Cincinnati office, talks about different growths that could be harming your trees, such as black knot and galls.

In this episode we cover:

• Black knot (1:02)
  • Pruning infected trees (3:08)
  • How to avoid black knot (4:08)
  • Are healthy trees resistant to pathogens and pests? (5:09)
  • Does cutting out black knot save the tree? (5:47)
  • Black knot in the fall (6:39)
  • How has the weather affected Cincinnati's season? (7:09)
• Galls (8:56)
  • How to know of galls are harming your tree (10:26)
  • Send pictures of your tree to your arborist (11:28)
  • Pay close attention to your tree (12:55)
• Cool native species for forested areas (14:58)
  • Hackberry tree (15:00)
  • Kentucky coffee tree (16:05)
  • Catalpa tree (17:25)
    • Catalpa worms (19:12)

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