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  1. J

    Help me save a 200+ year old specimen beech.

    Photo progression: 2010: 2016: 2021: Since 2019 or so, its been losing limbs, probably 5ish a year, 4-6 inch diameter. At this point, I am slowly gaining acceptance that its probably not going to be saved. Too much root damage occurred in 2012-2015, and the water table...
  2. J

    Help me save a 200+ year old specimen beech.

    thats a spam link. If you click it, it links to an ad, cut and pasted it works
  3. J

    Help me save a 200+ year old specimen beech.

    All, chiming in a bit later, but had a foliar analysis done as was recommended and could use some help interpreting Per this reference, everything looks really good, in the normal to high ranges...
  4. J

    Help me save a 200+ year old specimen beech.

    No sign of BLD
  5. J

    Help me save a 200+ year old specimen beech.

    This i can do. noone has done a foliar who ive had out. My goto lab is waypoint analytical and it seems they can do this testing: https://www.waypointanalytical.com/PlantTissues I have not been doing any supplementary watering, at all. The soil has good retention and is cool and...
  6. J

    Help me save a 200+ year old specimen beech.

    2010
  7. J

    Help me save a 200+ year old specimen beech.

    Thats a fair statement, and I definitely left out some details. I have had 3 separate arborists over that period, none of which I was satisfied with. One did a couple liquid fertilizer applications, the other recommended I hammer 100 fertilizer spikes into the CRZ (ignored that one and...
  8. J

    Help me save a 200+ year old specimen beech.

    Thank you very much. I would say it has been stable, but not improved over the last 5 years despite efforts with several arborists (although none i would quality as "good") theyre whats available in my region. Ill give you a call this week. Im actually glad to know if your company...
  9. J

    Help me save a 200+ year old specimen beech.

    Hey all... been about 5 years since I last posted here. Unfortunately not a ton of good news in regards to this Beech. Its still alive, but gets sparser every years and has been losing branches pretty regularly. Id like to give another shot at getting at least stabilizing it. Did...
  10. J

    Best watering method for mature tree (500 gal a week)

    while the specifics certainly arent applicable to my scenario, how did you end up laying down the water, and what rough time/gpm/etc
  11. J

    Best watering method for mature tree (500 gal a week)

    No worries, i absolutely dont. If anything, i can respect the math as well. Unfortunately, thats not a gallon amount i can sustain from my well :(
  12. J

    Best watering method for mature tree (500 gal a week)

    Id certainly welcome that. Anne arundel county maryland, like 10 minutes from annapolis. Ive had poor luck with the professional companies.
  13. J

    Best watering method for mature tree (500 gal a week)

    I would like to some good moisture gauges. Any recommendations as to brand/model?
  14. J

    Best watering method for mature tree (500 gal a week)

    Agreed on all counts that it wouldnt be a "X gallons a week no matter what", that would be silly to not account for rain and seasons. Unfortunately I've had no luck with professional arborists in my area after talking to a couple more after last time. I got another "dose it up with a...
  15. J

    Best watering method for mature tree (500 gal a week)

    Thanks for all your help in the old thread. Unfortunately I just ended up coming to the conclusion that there wasnt much to be done from a major preservation point of view.
  16. J

    Best watering method for mature tree (500 gal a week)

    I was using a general rule of thumb i found which is to apply 10 gallons of water for every inch of trunk diameter when you water. 52 inches dbh x 10 = 520 gallons. that incorrect? Or does the rule break when you get really big trees.
  17. J

    Best watering method for mature tree (500 gal a week)

    the size area would be the entire root zone. So about 13273sqft.
  18. J

    Best watering method for mature tree (500 gal a week)

    the well can produce more, but i didnt want to overly stress it. so lets count that as a minimum, i figured dumping more water might saturate the top layer of the ground and cause runoff.
  19. J

    Best watering method for mature tree (500 gal a week)

    Good afternoon everyone, A while back you all offered some great advice for a specimen american beech I have, huge tree, about 130 foot canopy and 52" dbh. It was (and unfortunately still is) in decline with crown thinning due to root damage. old thread...
  20. J

    Help me save a 200+ year old specimen beech.

    Thank you Guy, I may take you up on that. Mt Rainer is about 40 minutes west of me. Ill take a look at the website when i get off work. The house was built in 1925.

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