Find out when and how to stake a tree properly to keep it standing tall until it can get established. A good support system ...

Renee Ruttiman from Kentfield asks: Can you give me a few guidelines as to how to correctly stake a tree? I've seen trees staked in so many different ways, and I'd like some advice. There's nothing ...

Most of you know that trees are one of my horticultural passions. I feel their pain when I see them being hurt. Improper staking is one form of tree abuse that truly upsets me. Two months ago I ...

As part of my duties as an extension agent, I answer a lot of questions about trees. Many times, folks are surprised that the solution they found online was not the best one, and that sometimes it was ...

Did you plant a new tree this year? If so, it will need some special care this year to keep it thriving. Here are questions about watering, pruning, staking, fertilizing and wrapping, with answers ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Many people are getting anxious to be outside and do some spring planting and landscape work, but Indiana weather has not warmed up enough to allow for that. Pat Sullivan from Sullivan ...

Last week’s severe weather flooded fields and basements, and damaged trees and structures across Minnesota. Many trees snapped in the wind and some were completely uprooted due to the saturated soils.

One of the saddest things I see is a beautifully planted tree with its staking material remaining in place for two, three or even 10 years after being planted. The choice of a prime specimen, the ...