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LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts) Tue Jul 19, 2016, 09:36 PM Jul 2016

So my elm tree is a Chinese Elm [View all]

not a Siberian one. It needs to be pruned, but one company told me to prune in the Fall. There seems to be a lot of dead wood in it, but we did have it pruned about 3 years ago. Should I wait?

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So my elm tree is a Chinese Elm [View all] LaydeeBug Jul 2016 OP

They told you to wait due to Dutch Elm Disease(DED) Major Nikon Jul 2016 #1

Yes, wait until LATE fall JayhawkSD Jul 2016 #2

There seems to be a hollow, allbeit a small one LaydeeBug Jul 2016 #3