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  1. Basswood

    Any tips for macro infusion uptake?

    I’ll reiterate the deionizer. If it weren’t for company policy I would probably use muriatic acid for the “stubborn” trees or if mix is visibly precipitated. Maybe you have some biological growth happening in your storage tank?
  2. Basswood

    Tree bags?

    Yeah the tall pots are going to be for bare root rootstock. I’ve planted wood boxed trees. No major complaint from me other than they are big and heavy so you need the equipment to match. Probably a better option than B+B as less-no roots are severed. I’ve gotten some dismal b+b trees lately.
  3. Basswood

    Tree bags?

    I think a better thing to address would be more biodegradable pots for post planting reduced waste. It’s my understanding most plastic pots that plants come in require a specialized recycling facility. So most just get thrown away.
  4. Basswood

    Tree bags?

    I think the biggest hurdle is these pots would have to biodegrade in less than a season to avoid root issues. I like these air pruning pots, they are expensive but easily reused. Will try the tall seedling pots this spring for some fruit tree grafting I have planned.
  5. Basswood

    Trunk Injections are the reason we have lost so many Trees to EAB, and Oak Wilt.

    Got ya. And I could rant about this but the snake oil products that say they treat something with zero data to back it and labels listing non effective treatments really grinds my gears. The propizol label really set me off a few weeks ago due to putting a drill bit size on the label, which...
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    Trunk Injections are the reason we have lost so many Trees to EAB, and Oak Wilt.

    Does propizol no longer have foliar on the label? Also, strider is a foliar applied propiconizole. What treatments does arborjet and maujet offer as micro with those ai?
  7. Basswood

    Lidar use in Arboriculture.

    Seems like a great resource that’s still in its infancy for our line of work. I did support on one project for canopy assessment and carbon sequestration. I wasn’t doing much on the LIDAR end but more for ground support to calibrate the data. Apparently the flight collected data such as tree...
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    Laser pointers and height tools

    Nikon forestry is my go to. Used on inventories.
  9. Basswood

    Root barrier for sidewalks/street trees

    I’m thinking it would be better for the tree. The physical barrier may have the same effects as a pot the roots will still be encouraged the grow, but instead of outwards they can only go sideways or vertically from the barrier. Probably a non issue in scenarios far from the trunk, but close...
  10. Basswood

    Root barrier for sidewalks/street trees

    If possible I’d install Silva cells under the sidewalk. Otherwise there is also the root barrier fabric which has herbicide in it to prevent root growth which may also be a good option.
  11. Basswood

    Trunk Injections are the reason we have lost so many Trees to EAB, and Oak Wilt.

    With all due respect to Shigo, injections have changed ALOT in the past 50 years. I think better training around injections would fix alot of tree decline where injections played a part. But if an injection needs to be done on a yearly basis it’s absolutely not the best option IMO. And if in...
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    Trunk Injections are the reason we have lost so many Trees to EAB, and Oak Wilt.

    Couldn’t find much about arbor vax. No label, and no information other than a few websites selling it as a service
  13. Basswood

    Trunk Injections are the reason we have lost so many Trees to EAB, and Oak Wilt.

    There’s no golden ticket for any of these pests/disease. Soil treatments require a yearly treatment schedule and have been known to fail, bark treatments (for EAB) don’t last a full season and as you said injection damages the tree. But injection lasts more than one season and for most trees is...
  14. Basswood

    Water tank/fire skid —— tree watering

    what size hose are you planning to use?
  15. Basswood

    Poplar Sapling snapped in half

    I think the tree looks young enough you could train a new leader if you choose one and doing some formative pruning as it developed. I would start though by exposing the root flare.
  16. Basswood

    Beech Leaf Disease

    Should have been a bit clearer. We did not inject the other tree.
  17. Basswood

    Beech Leaf Disease

    I injected that tree in the pic with Rainbow! It was done a year ago and is starkly different from the other mature beech along side it, which recent images had it without leaves while the one we injected looked great.
  18. Basswood

    Beech Leaf Disease

    Those thinning canopies look pretty classic to BLD. Possibly they are second flush and free of the banding, or maybe that happened the previous year resulting in thinner canopies but less symptomatic leaves. I do believe we have collected samples that were positive for BLd with no banding. But...
  19. Basswood

    Any tips for macro infusion uptake?

    most of the 4hr trees took so long I think due to factors other than size. For instance one during a training was a ~24”DBH beech with heavy canopy competition. Meanwhile I’ve had much bigger take around an hour. Unfortunately I don’t think there’s any special formula. I train to always do a...
  20. Basswood

    Any tips for macro infusion uptake?

    I’ve had luck with tank water but I do think a deionizer expedites things. We have a company policy of no muriatic acid. I don’t know enough about rain water impurities and I suspect that would be a regional thing. The lack of precipitate makes me think it may not of been the water. We’ve been...

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