Adults even multiply and invade homes near where boxelder trees grow, making it one of the most common household pests in the U.S. ... You will have to prune this tree regularly.

September is a wonderful month in the garden-cooler temperatures, a gentle breeze, and the first hints of fall color. It's also an ideal time to start thinking about pruning your shrubs and trees.

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Two fruit trees (peach and apricot) were planted in April and were 24-inch box trees. A fruitless olive tree was planted in March and was also a 24-inch box tree.

Do you have pruning anxiety? Have you wondered what to do about tree branches that just don’t look right? Purdue Extension in Whitley County will be offering “Tree Risk Assessment and Tree Pruning” ...

With fruit trees, you’re usually pruning to encourage the tree to set more fruit and to make sure that fruit is evenly distributed and exposed to sunlight so it can ripen.

Here are the proper pruning tools for the size of the branch. Use hand pruners for branches less than a half-inch thick. Use loppers for branches 1 to 1.5 inches in diameter.