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    ISA Tree Climber Recert.

    My understanding is your manager can sign it to validate the training. Might be difficult if you're self employed, but we've hired a known contact from one of the big three companies to do it before. Perhaps that could suffice in that case. I just went through the certification process...only...
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    Terms unique to arboriculture

    Dog leg - the zigzag shape a trunk makes after being broken or topped. I've mostly seen it in those pioneer species, like pines. Not a pet peeve, just a wonky way of describing the growth that I've come to use in other conversations.
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    Arborist wanted in Central Texas

    There are some awesome sunsets in south Texas. We're still looking for an arborist. It could be a great gig to advance some skills beyond removals.
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    Arborist wanted in Central Texas

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    Fascism, American-Style

    The best thing about the internet is you can find anything on the internet. The worst thing about the internet is you can find anything on the internet...
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    Tariffs: Explained by Nick Araya

    That is a great explanation. Makes me think, in your example, that $30 tariff could used to incentivise Samson and Yale to keep up with demand somehow. Maybe that would actually help substantiate the tariff amount. With the higher prices of the three manufactures in your example, what are the...
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    Collective nouns

    Mayne it's locally colloquial, but we say a live oak mott... only for live oaks though.
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    Loose Trousers for Arb Work - Japanese Tobi Workwear “Nikkapokka” for arborists?

    Hard to beat some of the arb pants already out, I think. Most of the colors and obnoxious designs I can do without, though. Those baggy pants would be annoying and dangerous in a lot of tree care situations, but probably really comfortable in a few others. I may be interested in those ninja...
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    Diagnosis help

    I've seen some goofy stuff from that bad freeze back in 2021. I know Fort Worth got it worse than central Texas. Do you think it could be issues related to freeze damage?
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    Is this a green ash?

    I've always felt white ash bark could be sanded down with your hand. It's softer and smooths over easily.
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    Fu*%face Von Clownstick

    Just curious...are there any things the anti-trumpsters think trump did well? We always think about what divides, but surely it's not just divided down party lines...I can think of some good from Democrat presidents in the past. I never thought I'd be wishing just for a president lying about...
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    Red oak - what's up

    BLS
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    Today....

    Headed to south Texas later this weekend anticipating damage from Beryl. Made me wonder how @islandarb fared...one stranger to another
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    Treated oak wilt pruning

    Because oak wilt treatments don't make a tree immune; they're still able to be infected by normal means and pass along the wilt through root grafts. Treatments just suppress that tree's symptoms. I get the reasoning behind the question if it's a therapeutic treatment, but with a preventative...
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    Oak wilt risks & precautions - NE Ohio

    That's one I need to learn more about. "Interesting" indeed.
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    Oak wilt risks & precautions - NE Ohio

    The pruning windows are very regional, but remember there are no always or nevers with nature. I see infections outside of our windows often. The best mitigation is to prune within the windows and paint all oak pruning cuts year round. It stops the smell from attracting the beetles and makes a...
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    Aminomethylphosphonic Acid

    For sure, somebody's gotta know. I used a lab in south Texas screening for several common herbicides and pesticides called out specifically. They came recommended from the farming and ranching side of the business. From past experiences, I understand you have to test for each suspected chemical...
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    Aminomethylphosphonic Acid

    You read that right... Have any of y'all come across AMPA when diagnosing trees' decline or mortality? I had a live oak die on one of the sites we manage. It was rather quickly. The burn on the leaf margins led me to think chemical damage, and it was right at the end of a drainage swale where...
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    What’s killing this red oak?

    Those spots at eye level look a little like bacterial wetwood...at least from here. It's a secondary issue, likely. Likely several reasons. How is the root flare?
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    Tool boxes

    What kind of work are the crews in the trucks doing and what tools are they running? Pruning, removals, phc, cable/bracing, airspade, etc...

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