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  1. Tree_Frog

    Catalpa help

    Looks great. That should work wonders. It appears that the contractor used fill to raise the grade. I bet the grass is struggling. If you can sell it, offer an application of composted cow manure or a high quality topsoil to amend the grass at a depth of 1/4 per year, raked in. Lots of...
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    Distinguished Gentlemens Ride

    The ride sounds fun. Check into Selenium for prostrate cancer.
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    Need some advice

    The trunk appears to be sun scalded. This usually happens at the time of planting after getting pulled from the shade at a nursery. It can also happen during the winter if there is a lot of freeze and thaw during the sap flow. It appears that you have rock mulch. This is bad. I am assuming...
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    Pushing Pruning Limitations

    Try this.
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    A Neurotic "New Homeowners" Question

    Yup. Ran track there back when it was still the Big 8. Good times!! Go Big Red!
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    A Neurotic "New Homeowners" Question

    Ok, Ok lol. Just trying to up-sell the client for a new look. Get a local "experienced" Arborist over there and start putting replacement palms in randomly with the "prick of the prairie" extending upward to the sky. ;)
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    Helping out senior citizens who NEED it.

    Thanks. I think I read one of your books. Lol.
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    Senegal Date Palm (Phoenix reclinata)

    Thanks. Used Cambistat on tree but I don't think it works on palms. I would have to double check that. If it did work how would you target just the sprouts. Hum. Gets you thinking a bit. Thanks.
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    Helping out senior citizens who NEED it.

    Yep, very expensive long term fix. I would anticipate that the remaining oak will be sun scalded due to never seeing the sun. That oak requires reduction and thinning due to the increased wind load that it is now being exposed to. General assessment is that it will fall over if nothing is...
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    Pushing Pruning Limitations

    Guy - the upper crown has good structure with a central leader. My plan is to inspect and possibly prune the upper canopy during the dormant season of next year. I will be removing the lowest two scaffold branches at that time to establish the permanent canopy. The end game will be to have a...
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    Pushing Pruning Limitations

    Guy - Yep. Those lower limbs took off. I would not do this with a soft wooded tree. These Live Oaks seem to handle the cuts without decay if two things are not present. Recent construction damage and topping. I anticipate full closure by the 4th growing season. Two of the original upper...
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    A Neurotic "New Homeowners" Question

    Here is the math or considerations. What value does the palm have? -Erosion control - high - Fibrous root system that is extremely strong and dense. Hardly ever see them fall over. -Aesthetics / shade value - Medium to low - Singular palm in a field of desert scrub brush. High canopy height...
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    Pushing Pruning Limitations

    Here is this summers pruning. I removed the lower three branches. Nothing else was pruned. I will remove the lowest two branches below my flip line in the future. These were shoots that developed from the initial pruning cuts.
  14. Tree_Frog

    Pushing Pruning Limitations

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/kk6xyzxrmr38xwi/Advanced%20Structural%20Pruning.pdf?dl=0 Just a recap this project was started in November of 2011. No pruning was conducted other than minor crown raising from the ground since then. Here are the results.
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    A Neurotic "New Homeowners" Question

    Outside of erosion control, what purpose does your palm serve. Cost of keeping it may outweigh the benefit. I would consider removal and replacing with new palms that can be brought in to hold that hill together. Start with small ones possibly with 4-5 feet of exposed trunk.
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    Helping out senior citizens who NEED it.

    I work out of a retirement community of 100,000 people. I received a call from a homeowner that hired the lowest bidder and the city is coming after them for this. Their message was to request an Arborist report stating that the tree was ok. They stated that they do not have any money. The...
  17. Tree_Frog

    How to bid?

    I have to agree with using the most expensive trees to set your price. Include a disclaimer for traffic control being an additional fee to lower your price per tree. I would find out when is the pay schedule and see if they have a city Credit Card that can pay you weekly or upon completion etc.
  18. Tree_Frog

    Senegal Date Palm (Phoenix reclinata)

    Don't for get the possums, squirrels, and raccoons.
  19. Tree_Frog

    gut feeling

    I guess you gave them a discount? :musculoso:
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    Senegal Date Palm (Phoenix reclinata)

    Yep. Lots of spikes, ants, roaches, snakes, and little critters that called this home.

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