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This may be off topic a bit, but I just got a request to treat 100K d.b.h. of Hemlocks in Pennsylvania. If this is your territory, it's not mine, so contact me. Deadline is Jan 15th. Imadicloprid soil injections to be performed. [email protected] I can help you get the product cheap! Thanks.

I would place my saw at the top, staying just to the right of the crotch - away from trunk and cut slightly angled to end 2 inches from the base of the trunk. 75 degree cut or so will keep you off the branch collar.

You can trim this closer to the trunk, but it will sucker and sprout anywhere you cut it. Do not cut into the main trunk and do not 'flush-cut' the limb. It's better to leave a bit more limb than it is to try and get it all and cut into the main tree.

Traffic under a mature tree can really do a great deal of harm. When you fly over the Oregon trail you can still see wagon tracks made almost two hundred years ago! Compacted soil loses its pore space, and that is critical to trees. If you want to re-aerate it, that will help. You need a 1/2...

Clearly a bunch of bachelors here that never learned to cook! Get some fresh Mozzarella, not the grated kind, the tube style, real deal. Buy a sprig of fresh basil, or pick it from your garden. You need 7-10 leaves, cut them up and place them over a fresh homegrown tomato, diced. Stir in a bit...

That will never become a viable tree again, cut it down and treat the other.

I did not see those galls. Is is Pine / Oak Gall?

Depends on how advanced the insect damage is as to what you can treat it with for help. If damage is not evident or only begining you can do a soil drench with Imidacloprid.75WSP. it's 34.00 plus shipping for 4 packets, that'll drench 48 inches of caliper. (Measurement across the tree at chest...

Pine beetles might also be the culprit, look at the base of the branches for any frass or gummy sap excretions. Pines get about 5 different beetles that are attracted to it.

I have a large pine that does the same thing every year or two. Diplodia blight gets my vote. I'd inject with Alamo or another Propiconazole product. Increase water in the dry months. I can't on mine because it's in the middle of a horse pasture.

Use a putty knife or painters tool to remove the mushy wood. Do not be too aggressive. Just the loose stuff and spray away. Word to the wise. Only do one xan at a time and let it expand and dry. Might take a few trips to do right, otherwise can 2 mushes down can 1....

Hi Cody. The Njekt is 1295. It comes with a 1 gal. Tank and a 6 inch soil injector. It is warranted fully for one year. The Arbor system direct inject deluxe kit.is 845. It comes with a great case, a rebuild kit and 23 injection portles and wedgel injectors. More comes with the kit. Visit...

It turns the wood a drift-wood color after a bit of time looking yellowish. Really works!

I have stood inside several hundred year old Oaks that were completely hollow. If they have plenty of other trees to take the bite out of the wind they will usually stand through the storms. This is a Live Oak, and the wood is especially hard, and yet can handle wind. As long as it was not near...

Yes, I meant to mention, nice cuts!

There is a critical gas exchange that takes place near the tree's base, and that must be kept the same. You can add large river-rock in a ring around the trees 1-2' deep. Not so deep as the soil is going to be added. Then a 20 year weed fabric placed over the stones and a back-fill of soil can...

The pruning paint allows for beetles to get under it. I would paint the large cuts with Lime/sulfur consentrate every 2-3 years. This is a stinky disease control that will penetrate the wood and act to slow rot. Apply with a sponge brush. Bonsai growers use this to preserve 'jin' indefinitely...

I think your intuition on where to cut is correct, as is your thought that rot continues further down. Depending on how much decay there is, (heart-wood might be all gone!) you can make a hammock out of duct-tape and fill the void with Great-stuff foam sealant. This will expand and give you a...

Short-stop growth regulator is a good idea to slow the trees decline response to the paving. Depending on where you are you can get a 65-90% canopy growth reduction. This 3 years of top-growth reduction will give the tree roots time to recuperate without having to spend unnecessary resources on...