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  1. guymayor

    Free webinar with 1.0 CEU on Arboricultural Biomechanics

    Yes; I got a whopping .25 ceus for a 15 minute talk. Which took umptyjillion hour to put together, but who's counting!
  2. guymayor

    Marketing Questions

    For the long term, what exactly do you want to sell, and to whom? What pat of this work gives you the most pleasure?
  3. guymayor

    Marketing Questions

    Before and afters can be powerful. I sell preservation not removal and am still grappling with how to make a clean and clear message.
  4. guymayor

    Free webinar with 1.0 CEU on Arboricultural Biomechanics

    Passing a test may not be necessary for getting CEU's but it is useful to demonstrate that one got something out of the experience. Bells and whistles vs.???? Reminds me of Chuck Berry's Ding-A-Ling song. O my, O my, I want you to play with my.... CEU's for seat time lower the bar to the...
  5. guymayor

    Free webinar with 1.0 CEU on Arboricultural Biomechanics

    Good ? for the Tree Fund folks. Authors/presenters could write 20 questions.
  6. guymayor

    Elm Prognosis?

    "We know next to nothing about tree biomechanics," E Gilman.
  7. guymayor

    Elm Prognosis?

    We do know tree condition is worsening, How do we know that? we do know trees with fill and trees with girdling roots tend to fail more frequently, How do we know that? How does that apply to a short tree like this? we do know these conditions can lead to root decays. I don't see much...
  8. guymayor

    Siberian cedar pine dieback

    Thanks JD they are definitely a thing, and there's no reason to doubt they are in Moscow. Maybe a hornet and not a wasp. It does look more like a wound than a canker (infection). Boring side note: Last time I looked, "Canker" is officially defined in TRAQ as "a dead area". The part about...
  9. guymayor

    Elm Prognosis?

    Feel like correcting me on anything else? I keep asking about the trees-on-houses scenario that you raised in this case. That's what brought this on.
  10. guymayor

    Siberian cedar pine dieback

    It's growing inside the cookie tree; seek and ye shall find. Hey, if you can pull out the trees-on-houses phantasm, then the bored wasps are in--are they really stoned on neonics? I read yesterday that bees build up a tolerance (addiction) to neonics and seek it out. A big biz in the...
  11. guymayor

    Elm Prognosis?

    70% is all it takes? Sticky keyboard, ADHD, and Dyslexia (coupled with the fact I don't really give a crap). Well it can be marketed effectively, in most markets. (But I also wish the test could have more practice and less words). If tree were left alone, house in drop zone, condition...
  12. guymayor

    Siberian cedar pine dieback

    Could the lesions be made by oviposition, egg-laying? Or a wasp or something cutting slits for some other reason? Boredom maybe? Or a bird feeding? I saw lots of cool trees last summer in St. Petersburg; I hope to see Moscow sometime!
  13. guymayor

    Siberian cedar pine dieback

    So cut off the dying top and splint another leader to be the new top. Some cankers respond well to heat treatment (blowtorch).
  14. guymayor

    Elm Prognosis?

    #2 yup one factor, but if girdling roots/fill causing decline (very likely, might not be only reason but very probable) and goes untreated likely to cause failure or worsening to the point owner removes tree. I don't think we can know that it's not just possible but likely. As you say, info is...
  15. guymayor

    Bulge On Cherrybark Oak

    Trees and people in Silver Springs.
  16. guymayor

    Elm Prognosis?

    #1) Yes tree has root issues YES #2)Root issues are likely causing the decline ONE FACTOR; NOT THE ONLY CAUSE. #3)Untreated root issues would likely cause further decline resulting in failure or removal (AKA STUMP) WILD GUESS. IT MAY MAKE LITTLE OR NO DIFFERENCE. #4 Possible issues beyond...
  17. guymayor

    Elm Prognosis?

    #3 looks to be connected to the root UNDER the #1 cut. #3 is the one I do not understand. It's hard to dig enough to make sure it was only connected to what was cut already with #`1 and 2. Lots of root grafts down there. #3 is so far from the trunk, what good did it do?
  18. guymayor

    Elm Prognosis?

    ""More benefit than damage" is the subjective part where arborist might have helped sway my decision" Yes that is what the $200 man should have opined on. It's depressing to publicize the SGR problem and the protocol for 12 years but still supposedly Qualified arborists ignore the flare. We...
  19. guymayor

    Elm Prognosis?

    I do agree with cut # 5 for sure. That was directional pruning to a good lateral. It's best to work from the outside in; maybe that needs to be in A300... 'Decline' is seldom fatal, and we lack crystal balls. Trees are tough and I think yours will survive if it gets pruned correctly. How...
  20. guymayor

    Elm Prognosis?

    This is the best time to cut roots. The grafting efforts might wait til spring. I'm trying to integrate examples into our exhibit. evo said 'I'd go deeper, poke tap around the area I circled. " and that was exactly right. But when this comes out of left field: "until you correct the root...
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