Todays Job

Like to see the update on that tree. Looked like a big job. I am not familiar with tulips that have such low branches. Sure seems the worthy tree to put a couple of bucks into to save.
 
Cheers!
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Gotta be one of the greatest feelings in the world helping a well deserving patient.
All the best!

Ps Try to sell an understorey planting with other Carolinian understorey trees.
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Don't want to be a downer, sad that her best plant friend at this point is turf. Wish to see all the turf dissappear.
Turf; we pay to grow it, pay to cut it, grows where you don't want it and won't grow where you want it to.

What do you think?
 
I agree about the turf. They plan to mulch as much as possible and water, water, water!

Its amazing when deep root fertilizing how compacted and dry the soil is below turf, and then probing into a mulched area on the same site is effortless.

Hope that tree turns around. It is certainly worth the effort.
 
That tree looked pretty far gone.. I have yet to get an air spade/compressor, so my personal experience with soil remediation is very limited. I've seen good results from vertical muching on fairly healthy suburban trees.. BUT with a tree that far gone, I think the vertical mulch is not enough to turn the tree around..

Radial trenching would be a more agressive and appropriate course of action. What is the history of that tree/construction? How long ago was the building put in.. Were the roots buried/compacted or excavated with a bull dozer... Looks like few, if any roots survived beyond the sidewalk..

Though tulips do pretty well post-contruction, it would be surprising if that tree did anything but die at this point. Still, with such a magnificent tree, its good to see someone trying to give it a chance. And its a real shame they didn't so more to protect the tree in the first place.

JMO, would like to hear others'.
 
Both the client and myself know the tree is in bad shape but its worth the effort rather than just let it die and not have tried something. I just put 200 gallons of beneficials + root stimulator on it today.

I feel good about the vertical mulching method. The ground was really swelling several feet out from where the holes were made, so I know it alleviated compaction well beyond the hole horizontally.

As for roots surviving beyond the sidewalk??? I wonder the same thing. I was told they dug down 6 inches and tried to be as careful as possible.

Its a tough situation when the architects and engineers lay the building out so close to a historic tree and then its our job to try and save it after all the damage is done.
 
Nice job. I am in the process of vertical mulching tomorrow. Just hand dug the tree well today on the 28" live oak that they raised grade 1 foot during construction, trenched 1 foot from the trunk, then buried a propane tank 10 feet from the tree on the other. We will see.

What has your success rate been with vertical mulching?
 
Just bought the air knife a year ago, some oaks I vertical mulched last year have made some improvement.

v-mulch
beneficial organics (fert)
paclobutrazol

Is the combo I have used. I don't think results will really show for several years.
 
Looking at the shot of the canopy, that tree is toast. I disagree with Daniel that Tulips can tolerate construction activity. I have found them to be very sensitive to disturbance.

Its too bad they didn't call you before they started moving dirt. I'll bet $1 that tree doesn't last 3 years. Don't mean to be a downer.
 
I am skeptic/hopefull about the tree surviving too, but I think it is in better shape than the video shows. Also, we have had an Extemely hot and dry couple months and many leaves have fallen prematurely. Some flowering cherries, sycamore and maples here have already dropped over 50% of their leaves.
 
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