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    Eminectin benzoate rates

    From what I gather, it’s general use where R10 is restricted use. It has a little more active ingredient than G4 and is supposed to have quicker uptake/little less product needed per plug.
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    Eminectin benzoate rates

    Doing more research on R 10, the medium rate calls for 4 mL per plug. For those of us cavemen that still have the old quickjet this sounds amazing. Using G4 the first 5 mL go in easy but that second squeeze of trying to get 10 mL per plug sucks! So if 4 mL go in like nothing, it’s a game...
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    Eminectin benzoate rates

    When treeage first came out, there was talk about the average industry standard cost being around $10 per DBH inch, but that was before Covid before everything got turned upside down. I know it might not be something everyone wants to share, but what would you say the new industry averages are...
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    Eminectin benzoate rates

    Has anyone used Treeage R10? I still have the old quickjet and am looking at a project to treat 26 ash around 25” dbh. R-10 is half the dose so 5ml / plug pretty much for the medium rate which would be super easy. Downside is working with a more toxic concentration.
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    ISA TRAQ & CEU changes

    I’m just trying to weigh if it’s really worth recertifying or not. To my knowledge there are no regulations/enforcement that a certified arborist can’t charge to provide tree risk assessments even if they don’t have the TRAQ qualification. So they could do their own research to educate...
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    ISA TRAQ & CEU changes

    Out of those 21 tree risk assessments how many specifically wanted the traq form? For example, what if a certified arborist isn’t traq qualified, but they still offer tree risk assessments and they take pictures and make a PDF document, noting defects, overall health, etc basically creating...
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    ISA TRAQ & CEU changes

    For those of you that are benefiting from this certification and increasing your income with it, are insurance companies and municipalities etc reaching out to you and perusing an arborist with TRAQ?
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    ISA TRAQ & CEU changes

    So the expiration date basically means nothing, we would just have a lapse in being certified? I probably won’t recertify. I’ve never had a single customer reach out to ask if I had the tree risk assessment qualification. The only real benefit I see is for future employment/having it on a résumé.
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    ISA TRAQ & CEU changes

    It looks like the ISA has changed their CEU requirements for what used to be the “municipal specialist” is now “urban forest professional”. From what I gather we only need the standard 30 CEU’s to recertify instead of 42, is this right? Secondly, it looks like they changed the TRAQ...
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    Bracing rod sweetgum?

    Yes, it could possibly be reduced as well. I think they’re around 8” diameter. The bracing rod being the idea that it would provide supplemental support while the central leader is putting on girth and the subordinated leader stunted from the reduction cuts. (in a theoretical world) I’ll never...
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    Bracing rod sweetgum?

    Yeah, they need structural pruning when young!
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    Bracing rod sweetgum?

    I should add, I reduced that left side about 10-15ft four years ago. While climbing I was wondering if I should have been putting a bracing rod in.
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    Bracing rod sweetgum?

    Reducing the left side lateral leader to drastically reduce weight on the union and slow down diameter growth. I think they’re about 30 feet long from the union. I know it’s hard to tell from the pictures, but I just wonder if a rod would be beneficial in this situation. A cable would be at a...
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    Bracing rod sweetgum?

    Thoughts on installing a bracing rod with no cable in this sweetgum? I’m thinking HEAVY reduction on the left lateral leader and one rod above the union?
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    Visiting The Redwoods (Crescent City?)

    Very helpful, thanks!
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