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  1. macrocarpa

    Can You Make Money Planting Trees?

    I think it’s profitable but going to the nursery and figuring out what the client wants and what’s available is time consuming. And I can’t compete with the nurseries and landscapers that don’t plant properly. So I decided I’m just going to raise my prices to where I’m comfortable and if I don’t...
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    Deciding between soil injectors?

    I learned about these little injectors from working with guys treating thousands of hemlock in the smoky mountains.
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    Deciding between soil injectors?

    I bought that injector when it first came out and it leaked on my back when treating for HWA. I returned it. I think they’ve made adjustments since then and it could have been user error. It is a good company to work with for sure. But since then I kind of want the product in front of me because...
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    Deciding between soil injectors?

    I’m just gonna throw this out there again. I had the original kioritz but I think I like this injector better. I use it for ash treatments and other insecticide applications, growth regulator, and fertilizers designed to be applied in concentrate/with minimal water. What makes it so appealing...
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    Increment Borer

    The ODNR Forester dropped off an increment borer to the village and the city planner got a couple core samples. It looks like rotten wood. They want me to take some more samples next week. There’s a couple of the apple trees that look like they should have more solid wood.
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    Increment Borer

    Maybe i’ll just take a shorter sample that doesn’t reach the center and just extrapolate the number of rings based on the radius. Good enough for this silly project.
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    Increment Borer

    You guys think getting a good core sample is going to be a challenge being old apple trees?
  8. macrocarpa

    Increment Borer

    OK thanks! The village parks commission wants to know how old they are. But they might be shocked at the price.
  9. macrocarpa

    Increment Borer

    They’re not very big. They are apple trees and there is a Village legend that Johnny Appleseed planted them haha. I think the 12 inch would do just fine. I realize it’s very unlikely they were planted in the 1800s.
  10. macrocarpa

    Increment Borer

    Looking for advice on if this would be a good increment borer for determining tree age? Or are there known better ones out there...
  11. macrocarpa

    Yellowwood vs Persian Parrotia

    Like clockwork (exactly one year ago from this post) the yellowwood shows damage from a recent frost, and the parrotia foliage is very durable. That’s a lot of energy for the yellowwood to expend having to put out two crops of foliage every year.
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    Killing grass for large mulch rings/oak wilt

    I already talked to them about staying away from the roots with the mowers and Weedwhacker and I’ll reiterate that. I’m leaning towards cutting the grass very low and then adding the mulch and doing spot treatments afterwards, but I just got off the phone with a reputable product supplier that...
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    Killing grass for large mulch rings/oak wilt

    So you would be comfortable using glyphosate? I guess the question is do I have them kill the grass first with glyphosate, or scalp the grass with a Weed whacker, put the mulch down and then use the glyphosate as needed when the grass pokes through the mulch? Using the air knife would be...
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    Killing grass for large mulch rings/oak wilt

    I was thinking about just having them scalp it with a Weedwhacker, then apply the thick mulch, then come back with the round up to hit whatever grass makes it through. But if we can use the round up safely, the first time, that would be ideal. Some turf can be pretty relentless.
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    Killing grass for large mulch rings/oak wilt

    I like this idea, but we’re talking mass quantities of cardboard needed to accomplish this.
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    Killing grass for large mulch rings/oak wilt

    My town uses me as a consultant and for years I have recommended putting large mulch rings around the trees at the town Square. They just told me this morning, They are planning to do just that. When I asked how they plan to remove the sod they said with an excavator. I put the kibosh on that...
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    Trees from a distance

    This should give it away.
  18. macrocarpa

    Trees from a distance

    I’ve only seen a few of them around. A municipal Forester in a city just south of me says they make a great small/medium street tree. But they are not native and I worry about planting potential future invasive.
  19. macrocarpa

    Trees from a distance

    Nope
  20. macrocarpa

    Trees from a distance

    Its in the fabaceae family

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