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    Wildfires

    I spoke wrong when I said a large % of US forests... Higher % (than Canada) is what I meant to say. Like the SW US.
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    Help with Planting Large Trees

    thanks! sending
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    Wildfires

    That...and a large % of US forests border desert conditions so the fuel moisture contents are likely much lower.
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    Help with Planting Large Trees

    First sentence there clarified some things for me: "Growing trees in boxes is the predominant way by nurseries in the desert southwest and west coast.". As mentioned earlier, it's a higher cost "specialty" product the few times I've seen boxed trees here - like a larger specimen Japanese maple...
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    A new path for Chestnut restoration?

    Now it's on my news feed. Another similar article but from Oregon State: https://theconversation.com/new-genetic-approaches-raise-hopes-for-restoring-the-american-chestnut-to-its-former-glory-282125
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    Help with Planting Large Trees

    Maybe a point of clarification: When you say "boxes" are these square wooden boxes? Filled with planting media (pine bark?)? Have they spent the whole time at the nursery in the wooden box? Above ground? Or are they circular plastic pots? What caliper are the looking for? Or do they just...
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    Help with Planting Large Trees

    I ordered it from Spiral Metals in Wisconsin: 608-538-4000 (they are a sister company to Lowe Manufacturing - which I see frequently online when looking for auger bits.) OK: sidebar, funny story. I was thinking I should get a 36" diameter auger, and saw a Lowe Mfg. one that was 36" long. I...
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    Help with Planting Large Trees

    All great questions that I haven't been able to answer. I haven't found a nursery yet that doesn't consistently deliver trees too deep. I don't know that an individual tree is too deep until we are at the site, hole dug, and start taking the root ball apart. What am I supposed to do? Replace...
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    Help with Planting Large Trees

    Does it have to be a box? B&B accepted? Larger pots? We have a 40" auger. I had it custom made (cost including shipping was $1200 so not outrageous). It's only 18" tall (the auger part) with a total length of 28" so it's easier to manage and gets plenty of depth for trees. (Sidebar: if you...
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    A new path for Chestnut restoration?

    I misread/misunderstood the first time I read that article. Yes, the Darling 54 seedlings are from the SUNY-ESF line that was modified with OxO (oxalate oxidase) from wheat. Apparently, this licensing to a private entity is, in part, why ACF withdrew support from the Darling lines of research...
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    A new path for Chestnut restoration?

    Executive summary "speed breeding" to get flowers in 1 year. Rapidly identify positive traits and back at it. Pure American Chestnut. Not crossbred with Chinese. Not GMO. (edited...I missed that their starting with a GMO line) Interesting possibilities...
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    Wildfires

    The video posted by @Teubor said a massive lightning event on July 6. Also said smoke can actually inhibit rain. I thought that interesting. I would have guessed (wrongly!) that the smoke particles give something for the moisture to grab and fall from the sky.
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    Wildfires

    I don't know as much about Canadian forestry either...but I suspect their situation isn't drastically different than ours...decades of underbrush built up, no removals, suppressing small fires that would burn that in smaller portions so that when (not if) it burns, it gonna be big. Not that...
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    Wind in MD

    That your service area @Reach or do you stay on the PA side of the line?
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    Wind in MD

    Sounds like a bad microburst just hit the Baltimore area last night...I'm guessing if we have anyone there they are too busy to be here. But stay safe out there if so!
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    Bucket Truck Boom Failure

    Ignoring, for a moment, the 2 person aspect of this do people not throw pieces down while working in a bucket/lift? I have only used one a handful of times, but I'll throw little branches. Is that a no-no? (obviously bigger branches that add significant weight are a bad plan...or even medium...
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    Wildfires

    It was very foggy all day and a weak, but constant smoke smell. Saw a few deer out in the middle of the day...I wondered if this has thrown them off? Not unusual to see deer...just in neighborhoods the middle of the day. I was going to do a shortened day anyhow because yesterday was pretty...
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    Bucket Truck Boom Failure

    I wondered that same thing about the cable choked around the tree with 0:25 left. Also, hoping that isn't a "trim" job! The article said they were about done "trimming down" the tree. I'm guessing (hoping!) for a removal - meaning they were almost done in the bucket and ready to fell the...
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    light rigging with ring and "figure 8" aka "rescue 8"

    Yes, it would twist the rope...just like rappelling with a figure 8 twists the rope.
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    Social media comments on your business posts

    Competency should speak far more volumes than letters after a name, certifications, recognitions, qualifications, etc, etc. etc.. Unfortunately, not everybody can measure competency well. Many clients don't even know what that looks like. And this isn't just tree care...it is across the...

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