Training Trees

Trees can be trained to grow straight and strong or to bend in specific directions. Master gardener Paul James talks about various techniques used in training trees--from slapping the trunk to pulling branches apart with spreaders or with twine staked to the ground. Paul also discusses the right times to plant in early spring and inexpensive solutions for common gardening problems. Plus, volunteer trees.

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