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  1. climbingmonkey24

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

    When I said “thin” I meant pruning to support fruit production, not just haphazardly cutting random branches. Wrong word maybe
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    They said it produced great fruit last year. But the weight was so heavy it broke and bent some branches. In addition to the trunk rot and damage some of the main horizontal limbs are also decayed. After talking with a few other arborists to get their opinion, I was thinking pruning for general...
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    How do you turn down work?

    For those of you who are more niche-focused or perhaps it’s just not something you want to bid, how do you go about relaying that to a customer in a friendly and professional way? For me, most of the jobs I might decline to bid are larger removals. I might say something along the lines of the...
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    Do I have a problem?

    Some people buy clothes or shoes, others buy tree climbing gear. What you gonna do…
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    Does anyone advertise on Facebook?

    I think certain platforms get a rep for the quality of leads but probably you’ll find a mix of those searching for just anyone to do it for the cheapest price and those willing to pay a professional with most platforms at one point or another. But yeah, some platforms might have a higher quality...
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    Does anyone advertise on Facebook?

    I try to stay consistent posting regularly across social media every week as well… Facebook, Instagram, Google, Nextdoor. Combination of jobs completed, tips for homeowners, etc. I have heard business pages on Facebook don’t seem to get the organic reach they used to without paying for ads, but...
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    Does anyone advertise on Facebook?

    I post on my social media business pages regularly, but it’s been a while since I’ve actually ran any serious advertising campaigns. In the past when I have they did have a pretty good return and for a lower cost. I have got some good leads from there. That was back around 2019 - 2021 though...
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    Love tree work. Not the tree business.

    I don’t remember who it was, but someone on here once made a post about knowing two people in the tree business. If I recall the post correctly, one of them runs a big company and the other a small, maybe 1-2 man operation. They said the individual who owns the bigger company is constantly...
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    Offering additional services such as lawn mowing / landscaping

    I’ve been on a few cat rescues over the course of my career, but it’s not something I’ve got called for often, and I don’t list it as an official service. I never really charged a set price because I suppose I was trying to do a good thing, but I can also see the benefit of charging.
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    Offering additional services such as lawn mowing / landscaping

    I haven’t made it through all the posts yet, but there are some very valid points here. Certainly wouldn’t want to do anything that would harm my current brand or take away from my current work. More recently I’ve started branching out into a little more removal work then what I did...
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    Offering additional services such as lawn mowing / landscaping

    The last 1-2 years has been a challenge, but part of that is my own doing. Rewind back to 2023, and I had a pretty steady stream of organic work coming in, in addition to call backs, referrals, etc. That was with a website, social media profiles, and me regularly keeping them up to date and...

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