About this episode

The episode discusses how to protect trees from severe weather and manage storm damage with insights from horticulture experts.

Thanks to storms and severe weather, tree limbs are down while tree stress is up. But there are ways to help the timber in your area and to keep damage from happening. On this Horticulture Day episode, Caitlin Troutman sits in for Charity Nebbe. We talk with Iowa State University professor of horticulture Jeff Iles about helping trees with storm damage, as well as preventative measures to consider before the next round of severe weather. Then, Iowa State University Extension Horticulturist Aaron Steil joins us to answer listener questions.

People in this episode

Host: Caitlin Troutman

Guests: Jeff Iles, Aaron Steil

Topics covered

• horticulture
• tree care
• severe weather
• storm damage
• preventative measures

Keywords

• trees
• storm damage
• horticulture
• Iowa State University
• preventative measures

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Iowa State University, Iowa State University Extension

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