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FORESTRY AOOPr-A-PARK Eric Ostlie, an Eagle Boy Scout is standing next to the flower bed and sign he adopted. The work is proudly displayed at Shenandoah Park. Neighborhood residents who are interested in improving their neighborhood parks are encouraged to join the Adopt-A-Park program. WINTER TREE PRUNING OAK WILT CONTROL Pruning or trimming should be done The City of Lino Lakes will again be targeting ® regularly to control the shape of a areas for oak wilt control in Lino Lakes. Last ^. tree or to keep branches from harm- year, approximately 13,000 feet of disease con- ;.; ° ing surrounding structures or people. trol lines were put in with the use of the Anoka For most trees the best time to prune County vibratory plow. The City will be ex- is winter to early spring. Pruning panding the disease control to the northern part ® should be performed sparingly since of the City this year, particularly in the north- over pruning can leave a tree without western comer. Oak wilt is a vascular wilt enough leaves to gather and process disease. Most of the disease is transfered through Pnming A Uve Bmuch sunlight to survive.Once you begin a grafted or grown together root systems. The -- cut always finish it. To prune a live vibratory plow is used to sever these root sys- branch three cuts are made: 1) undercut 12" to 24" from the tems. Private property owners are eligible for branch collar 2) make a cut all the way through the branch this program. For more information call the City within 1" of the undercut 3) the final cut should be just be- Fall at 464-5562. yond the branch collar (A). To prune a dead branch the dead stub that has a collar of live wood should be cut just at the outer edge of the collar(swollen area where one branch meets another). A healthy tree will seal on its own, so wound dressings, which may actually interfere with this Pmaing A Dwd B much process are not necessary.