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- Canada
What about vitimin "I"? The drug of choice for the over 50 crowd!
Swinging in the Palms
- Thread starter JesseHuffman
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- St. Paul, MN
Mmmkay?!
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- Canada
Ibuprofen
easyphloem
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- Louisville, KY
Mmmmkay I guess.
SZ
SZ
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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What about vitimin "I"? The drug of choice for the over 50 crowd!
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It's not recreational enough.
I figure when I get close to the end of my life is when I'll experiment with some really wacky drugs. I had Junior watch Trainspotting last weekend... I think it made an impression... on both of us.
He flipped out at the 'worst toilet in Scotland' scene.
I found myself considering the statement, "Take the best orgasm you've ever had, multiply it by 1000 and your still not even close..."
Mmmkay?
What about vitimin "I"? The drug of choice for the over 50 crowd!
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It's not recreational enough.
I figure when I get close to the end of my life is when I'll experiment with some really wacky drugs. I had Junior watch Trainspotting last weekend... I think it made an impression... on both of us.
He flipped out at the 'worst toilet in Scotland' scene.
I found myself considering the statement, "Take the best orgasm you've ever had, multiply it by 1000 and your still not even close..."
Mmmkay?
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- Phoenix Arizona
Train spotting is one of my favorite movies of all time.
I love the part where he locks/ barricades himself up for like 10 minutes only to immediately tear down the locks/etc. to get his fix again.
I'm like that with chocolate.
Safe enough I geuss.
Now back to the buisiness of spiking thousands of palms annualy.
I love the part where he locks/ barricades himself up for like 10 minutes only to immediately tear down the locks/etc. to get his fix again.
I'm like that with chocolate.
Safe enough I geuss.
Now back to the buisiness of spiking thousands of palms annualy.
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- Canada
HEY, no one has answered TTT's question, is there BMPs or a standard about what you should do with a palm????
I know the ISA Certification study guide has a breif explanation of palm pruning. What is the real deal with them? Percetage of crown, angle of frond...... I hardly get to see one, except in a mall. How do you plan a palm prune?
Who knows maybe I will find a mall manager that needs a palm pruned! Need more input!
I know the ISA Certification study guide has a breif explanation of palm pruning. What is the real deal with them? Percetage of crown, angle of frond...... I hardly get to see one, except in a mall. How do you plan a palm prune?
Who knows maybe I will find a mall manager that needs a palm pruned! Need more input!
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- Phoenix Arizona
The best thing to do is leave it alone and let it become the habitat that nature intended. NOT always possible in our urban forest! I like to see them left full as possible, seedpods cut out, and done annually in July after bud break of the seed pod. If they are cut too early, a brand new set of pod clusters will arise seemingly out of thin air...and LOTS of it.
A common misconception among consumers and tree workers alike is that if you take more fronds, the tree will "last longer" until more pruning is needed. This is what causes trimmers to "carrot top" them, leaving the fronds at a 45 degree angle and even worse. I have seen palms with ONLY the center Spike left. Years of repeating this practice leads to bottlenecking of the trunk. They are scary enough at 60-70 feet tall with a 10 inch diameter spar, much less climbing past areas where the tree bottleneck to an even smaller diameter...and its hard as a rock in those areas so your SPIKES don't stick well.
Another reason climbers OVER trim is because to leaving the head full means you must cut the seed pods out of a full head, trying to avoid nicking the surrounding fronds with your handsaw. It doesnt take much of a nick to cause the frond to collapse and turn brown in the next gust of wind.
I swear I could write volumes on palm climbing...the horror
A common misconception among consumers and tree workers alike is that if you take more fronds, the tree will "last longer" until more pruning is needed. This is what causes trimmers to "carrot top" them, leaving the fronds at a 45 degree angle and even worse. I have seen palms with ONLY the center Spike left. Years of repeating this practice leads to bottlenecking of the trunk. They are scary enough at 60-70 feet tall with a 10 inch diameter spar, much less climbing past areas where the tree bottleneck to an even smaller diameter...and its hard as a rock in those areas so your SPIKES don't stick well.
Another reason climbers OVER trim is because to leaving the head full means you must cut the seed pods out of a full head, trying to avoid nicking the surrounding fronds with your handsaw. It doesnt take much of a nick to cause the frond to collapse and turn brown in the next gust of wind.
I swear I could write volumes on palm climbing...the horror
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- Chapel Hill, NC
Sounds to me like customer education could help you become the first productive spikeless palm trimmer. Write an article for your local 'style or living' magazines.
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- Canada
Thanks Jesse, I am all ears if you would care to share more! I understand they don't increase in trunk diameter, have seed pods..... BUT how does it get to the mature trunk diameter? The other issue I would like you to explain is the root structure, and how you know that the roots are sound prior to climbing!
Blinky that's a great idea, I have called our local paper in the past, STILL waiting for 'em to call back. Maybe it is my personality they don't like!
It doesn't take much searching in the awakening thread to find a incident (prefer to NOT call it an accident, as it could have been avoided) of someone being trapped and suffocated by palm fronds. Seem climer education is an issue also.
My sister lives near Jesse, I am gonna get him to school me up when I come down for a visit. My wife is takin' clothes, I am takin' my climbing gear!
Blinky that's a great idea, I have called our local paper in the past, STILL waiting for 'em to call back. Maybe it is my personality they don't like!
It doesn't take much searching in the awakening thread to find a incident (prefer to NOT call it an accident, as it could have been avoided) of someone being trapped and suffocated by palm fronds. Seem climer education is an issue also.
My sister lives near Jesse, I am gonna get him to school me up when I come down for a visit. My wife is takin' clothes, I am takin' my climbing gear!
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- Phoenix Arizona
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My sister lives near Jesse, I am gonna get him to school me up when I come down for a visit. My wife is takin' clothes, I am takin' my climbing gear
PLEASE bring clothes too.
Its hot here but not hot enough for that.
How they get so girthy is a bit of a mystery to me since they have no lateral meristems and as Rocks n Trees said are considered monocots. The root system though very small, usually anchors them in very well. They are made of of tubular worm like roots that are usualy about 1/2 inch or so in diameter.These only radiate away from the tree3-6 feet or so. This makes them easily movable with a trenchhoe and a crane. Too bad you see so many strap scars from bad rigging when they are moved. I have had the pleasure of climbing and untying heads in palms that were moved only days beforehand.
My sister lives near Jesse, I am gonna get him to school me up when I come down for a visit. My wife is takin' clothes, I am takin' my climbing gear
PLEASE bring clothes too.
Its hot here but not hot enough for that.
How they get so girthy is a bit of a mystery to me since they have no lateral meristems and as Rocks n Trees said are considered monocots. The root system though very small, usually anchors them in very well. They are made of of tubular worm like roots that are usualy about 1/2 inch or so in diameter.These only radiate away from the tree3-6 feet or so. This makes them easily movable with a trenchhoe and a crane. Too bad you see so many strap scars from bad rigging when they are moved. I have had the pleasure of climbing and untying heads in palms that were moved only days beforehand.
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- Canada
Ummm, I have to wear clothes OR US Customs would fall over laughing, Kinda like my wife does on SPECIAL occassions!
Do palms have a aroma? All the trees we have here could be identified by smell, how bout palms. I often refuse to go into clients homes, or anywhere near people when we are working on poplars. That smell is un-forgetable and distinct.
All my SRT gear fits into a small soft suitcase, I guess I might have room for some spare duds. Don't forget I am a Canuck, we don't even think about coats until it is below freezing, you guys break out the down filled parkas at 60F.
Do palms have a aroma? All the trees we have here could be identified by smell, how bout palms. I often refuse to go into clients homes, or anywhere near people when we are working on poplars. That smell is un-forgetable and distinct.
All my SRT gear fits into a small soft suitcase, I guess I might have room for some spare duds. Don't forget I am a Canuck, we don't even think about coats until it is below freezing, you guys break out the down filled parkas at 60F.
easyphloem
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I have called our local paper in the past, STILL waiting for 'em to call back. Maybe it is my personality they don't like!
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Our phone conversation a couple of weeks ago was as pleasant as nails on a chalkboard. I vouch for you.
What's wrong with those newsies?
SZ
I have called our local paper in the past, STILL waiting for 'em to call back. Maybe it is my personality they don't like!
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Our phone conversation a couple of weeks ago was as pleasant as nails on a chalkboard. I vouch for you.
What's wrong with those newsies?
SZ
- Location
- Canada
Our phone conversation a couple of weeks ago was as pleasant as nails on a chalkboard. I vouch for you.
What's wrong with those newsies?
SZ
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Hmmmm, seems SZ didn't have milk for his cereal this morning! Wonder what he used on his cornflakes? I think it begins with "P".
As far as the newspapers go, I guess we need a SALESMAN to communicate with'em!
What's wrong with those newsies?
SZ
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Hmmmm, seems SZ didn't have milk for his cereal this morning! Wonder what he used on his cornflakes? I think it begins with "P".
As far as the newspapers go, I guess we need a SALESMAN to communicate with'em!
easyphloem
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- Louisville, KY
Just jerkin your chain, Brent. It's always good to talk to a 'Nuck.
SZ
SZ
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- Canada
Me thinks that FT is gettin' the best of you. How are palm tree fronds for hangin' guys from Jersey. (you know who the victim is)
easyphloem
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- Louisville, KY
Familytree will never get "the best" of me. Heartwood did, routinely, through the late nineties, and into the early 2000s.
Lately I been skating by on my good looks and persuasive abilities.
SZ
Lately I been skating by on my good looks and persuasive abilities.
SZ
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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... my good looks and persuasive abilities.
SZ
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Another way of saying, "Thin ice".
... my good looks and persuasive abilities.
SZ
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Another way of saying, "Thin ice".
easyphloem
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- Louisville, KY
Wafer thin.
SZ
SZ
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