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    Life in the slow lane - screech owl nest box install

    I like playing with designs/making ity own and building stuff. But I'm also cheap...$17 for an Owl house on Amazon, so I'll add a second a few hundred feet from the first I put up this spring. While shopping I also found a small bat house. It was a big debate, but I eventually settled on the...
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    Love tree work. Not the tree business.

    at least the price isn't horrible...that's a long wait though
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    Oak Wilt? Something Else?

    I think those are questions that are still being researched.... The Forest service Lab in Delaware Ohio is doing some of that research. They have a greenhouse full of ash saplings that they tape eggs to and somebody gets to peel all of those trees to count and measure larvae. Last I knew, the...
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    Oak Wilt? Something Else?

    Trees release "volatiles" that some insects are able to detect telling them the tree is injured. That is a very generic term because insect pheromones are also volatiles...but they are released by insects. Same idea, a volatile organic compound (VOC: Like the stuff they try to limit in paint...
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    Oak Wilt? Something Else?

    https://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/33/2/132 Just first thing that came up... Other info/research out there about blocking the volatiles so beetles don't find the injured tree. That's the only reason I know of that painting wounds provides any health benefit. (Not just oak wilt...DED would be...
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    Oak Wilt? Something Else?

    Certainly didn't mean to ignore anything you said, sorry I missed that. If there are dead branches in imminent danger of falling and hitting something, then yes, I agree, no concern with pruning outside of the live tissue and they should be managed. Even if there is Oak wilt risk, human life...
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    Oak Wilt? Something Else?

    Define "vicinity". I wouldn't touch an oak this time of year if its within 50-100 miles. Its within about 15-20 miles of where I live and do most of our work. Just not worth the risk...for what? A job now instead of later? I've heard companies say are afraid they'll loose a client if they...
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    Break test on a climbing line that has been “spiked”

    It probably would be inconsistent...but maybe not? And there probably would be some relative consistency within degrees of observable damage. A picture tutorial could be good. "If your rope looks like one of these it likely has xy% of its strength". Maybe 4 different categories or so...
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    Storing a branch manager

    Yes...for planting. I'll likely do as you say and keep the auger on the machine and forks separate. It's how to store it at the shop. I was thinking along those lines with a heavy pipe to put the drive unit into that and hold it upright. Maybe something more like this for the bits...but not...
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    Storing a branch manager

    I was getting ready to say: @Serf Life doesn't have an Avant with Faster connectors LOL. Not fun to buy, but so easy to use!
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    Storing a branch manager

    When you are swapping attachments and taking a branch manager off, do you do anything to keep it from tipping over? Grapple open or closed? Maybe I just need to work on technique more, but I don't have a system down. This is on and avant which I know has a narrower attachment plate which may...
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    Oak Wilt? Something Else?

    The OSU lab is good too....but those leaves won't be good for a culture test, as best I understand it (having talked with the folks who run the lab). If PSU cannot DNA test, just mail them to RAL (call first to see if they can expect to get results from a leaf). If you put them in a regular...
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    Oak Wilt? Something Else?

    I recommend sending samples ASAP. Do you have a good Extension service there (or Bureau of Forestry or Department of Agriculture???)? They probably would want to know if Oak Wilt is in a new area, so they may help with samples. If the lab only runs cultures, it can be difficult to get them a...
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    Hypoxylon Canker? :(

    I have one. Almost never use it. Can feel with a probe if there is a hard pan or if surface is compacted. Without knowing pretty specific soil moisture and texture the numbers aren't really useful. Within one relatively homogeneous site, sure: this area is compacted, that one is not.
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    Small update on Regs new device

    I wonder how much their timing has to do with other devices? We had a flood last year with Akinbo II, ISC Reflex, Buckingham Throttle, ART Blackbird. Let some of that excitement die down, let the winners float to the top, then essentially go head to head with 1 or 2 main competitors instead of...
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