whadja do today?
- Thread starter treevet
- Start date
Help Support Arborist Forum:
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
It works on the borers in our oaks but leaves wounds. Im somewhat more accustomed to maintaining healthy environment to help the tree resist unfriendly tenants but here most wait until it's too late to do any organized tree care.
Making removal eminent!
I hear ya Rope,
I ain't selling snake oil, just wondering on the result's.
Jeff :msp_biggrin:
BlackOakTreeServ
ArboristSite Guru
I am mean, ugly and needy, and ugly.
ARG!
Jeff
Oh, dont forget "BULLY"...lol
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Well in cases of heavy infestation I'm certain it helps but would need to be used in combination with other phc solutions considered. I get called after the dozer has ripped out half of the absobing roots and scared the buttress then compacted the soil and the crown is dropping large limbs lol
Well in cases of heavy infestation I'm certain it helps but would need to be used in combination with other phc solutions considered. I get called after the dozer has ripped out half of the absobing roots and scared the buttress then compacted the soil and the crown is dropping large limbs lol
Sound's like those tree's are history and I would not spend money on saving them, but I am not there to see them.
Jeff
BlackOakTreeServ
ArboristSite Guru
Big Matt, I here ya.....If I ever take the plunge and go new, im going remote. The guy that does stumps for me has remote and its the bomb, he can stand in the shade or walk aroung stump, easy peasy!
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Yeah they were lol been cut and found there way to my farm or dump lol. I try to inform customers but here so far 90% of my work is dead removals!
Subdivision disease is rampit here
Got it. Jeff :msp_wink:
mattfr12
The Bulldog
We just did our own study we found three really stressed maples and followed arbor jets employees advice to use phospho jet it's only about a month in but I took pictures of the day of the injection and have been periodically. As far as insect control it works fine tree age is a great chemical for EAB. you will still need exterior spray sometimes because the injection will only stop insects eating or chewing on the wood. Things like some ants that are just after aphids I have better luck with exterior spraying because the injection mainly affects the aphids. A lot of times i do them in conjunction.
The two maples had about 30% of there root system removed due to new construction of houses. I offered the injection for free to see how well they respond. Hopefully they turn around.
mattfr12
The Bulldog
The investment in arbor jet was very minimal to try and see the results for myself. I think I paid 5-6 hundred for the kit.
mattfr12
The Bulldog
actually could use your advise on something. took a look at a large oak for a guy that i really want to save, it has been caught in good time not anywhere near to far gone yet. i actually talked him out of an 8500.00 removal from us. I think its showing early signs of oak wilt but ill post the pictures and let you take a look at it. The sap wood to me appears to be still flowing water efficiently the decay is from the outside in from my observation. What do you think. the interior of the tree is structurally sound.
No real loss of foliage yet but a few major leads are starting to show signs of death.
Last edited:
mattfr12
The Bulldog
mattfr12
The Bulldog
Here are the stressed maples at the day of injection I'll try and keep you guys updated as they progress.
mattfr12
The Bulldog
O no doubt its nice everything we use basically has a remote even the 280xp chipper does now, idle it up down and forward and reverse the wheels. does all kinds of wild stuff, that way we don't have to get out of a machine to try and get something through the feed wheels.
mattfr12
The Bulldog
if they don't show improvement off of the arbor jet products we are going to resort to traditional methods. but take a look at that oak and tell me what you think.
on the maples you can see the new houses in the background they extended the yards with dozers and destroyed a lot of the root system on them.
Last edited:
mattfr12
The Bulldog
Trunk injection does leave wounds, and thats why i quite using the little bottles that they sell pre pressurized. i figured at least with the arbor jet system the arbor plug stays and and the tree eventually grows around it. It in itself should help keep out unwanted visitors. I thought the same way you did about the other ones as the chemical worked its way up through the canopy you have the woods at the bottom of the root flares that are like an open vacancy sign.
Just a thought, but could the injection's trigger a trees' reserve's and give a look of re-growth?
Jeff
mattfr12
The Bulldog
in theory sure why not, anytime you stress, or cause harm or damage to a tree regrowth can happen. so i see what your saying in some cases it could be a deceiving thing with the end result.
Similar threads
