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  1. climbingmonkey24

    How do you turn down work?

    On the topic of referrals, there’s only about 1-3 other companies in my area I’ll refer out. Two of the three are usually for certain removal projects that I might not want to get involved with for whatever reason, the other is generally for plant health care. For some of the reasons y’all...
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    @southsoundtree Yes I did take a look at what you linked on the first page, still going through it. Thanks
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    Thank you, I appreciate all the insight and information in this thread, very helpful!
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    Aside from the post / wood options or cabling / rods for bracing fruit trees, do you think there are some situations where a chord similar to that could be used to add support to a small long gangly limb or branch that doesn’t have a lot of weight to it but could be susceptible to breaking from...
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    Replace suspension in kask super plasma?

    I’ve been climbing with a Kask Super Plasma plus visor and attached ear muffs for years and am satisfied. Just bought a new one I think it was last year, this one with Sena installed. I did check out Protos and I know they’re popular, but with the Sena install I think the price was going to be...
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    What kind of chord is that @southsoundtree (the yellow one)? And is the purpose of that to train the branches to a certain way?
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    Definitely doesn’t hurt to cover yourself!
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    Verbal might also be ideal.
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    Also slightly more off topic, I was wondering if anyone includes some sort of clause in their contract or estimate regarding not being able to guarantee long-term tree health after pruning or not being liable for tree issues, etc.? To be more specific, I was thinking about situations where you...
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    Doesn’t pertain to this particular discussion but kind of related in regards to how resilient some trees can be. Years back in my town there was a small-medium sized tree that uprooted. Well someone lifted it back into place and secured it so it would stay upright, and fast forward to now it...
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    I wonder if digging post style holes and burying the board or post (depending what is actually used) at least 12 inches may suffice? Could put some rock or small pieces of concrete paver slabs at the bottom of the hole and maybe even around the sides as an alternative to pouring concrete? Or I...
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    Ah okay, I see what you’re saying. Thanks for the clarification.
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    I would consider myself to still be in the learning phase of this, but more or less my line of thinking and approach by “thinning” those end clusters would be removing verticals, branches growing inwards or sharply downwards, crossing or rubbing branches, etc. Not removing all, but just creating...
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    I stumbled across this video a few weeks ago when researching about pruning and maintenance for orchard trees. I think it’s pretty good (in my opinion).
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    @evo That’s awesome. Quite the ingenuity! I already quoted the project but honestly pouring concrete never occurred to me. But I guess maybe for a smaller tree like mine and only one or two smaller limbs it might not be as big of a deal if it’s not anchored into the ground? Or maybe I could...
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    I agree one hundred percent. My approach to pruning has always been conservative, to have a clear established goal and not just prune for the sake of pruning. Every cut should have a purpose. This is my first year doing orchard trees. I’m confident in the basic understanding / knowledge I...
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    That’s what they have now is some old tree branches. Not a bad idea… I was thinking 2x4 with a “U” or “V” shape cut at the top and then some type of padding to go in between there and the tree branch. Shouldn’t be very expensive and might have a little more support then branches
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    That’s great, very helpful drawing. Will check that out. Thanks!
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    I think we are getting our terminology mixed here. When I initially said thin I meant looking for the usual stuff on fruit trees. Water sports / shoots, crossing or rubbing branches, inward or downward branches, dead or diseased, etc. It’s already pretty open minus some of the congestion on the...
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    The grafting is an interesting idea. So you think theoretically it could get away without any pruning at all this year?

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