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how about inventing poison ivy blockers that actually work. im covered in it!

it is fall webworm i would guees, not tent catapillar. end of limbs or in croteches? get a picture i could elaborate. this time of year most likely fall webworm, but i dont live in mich so icould be wrong

heres the close up of the fracture guy, should have posted last night. i pulled a pice of bark off after the pic(already loose and falling off) and here is some internal decay and some compartmentalization. sorry i dont have a whole tree pic...80' tall each lead, big lead is about 24-28"dbh...

well j beetle should be done by now but ou can do a ground injection with imidacloprid (merit) until about early march and still get some protection. you need imidacloprid, a tank, and something to inject or drench the soil with.

need some ideas for brace rods in this pecan tree. in the pic the base is 6-7 feet wide. there is a cable in the canopy and i do plan to thin some weight out. a verticle fracture has occurred where the included bark is between the two stems. if the one lead fails it will damage two other pecans...

trimming in spikes of "hook n' prune" is not good for trees. (i dont know about bc where the bark can be inches thick) but here on the east coast there is no tree to prune with spikes.dont do it, dont promote it.

you guys worried about cost do know that your yearly dues can be written off on your taxes as a business expense. also almost every govt contract i have been apart of has requested at least one ISA certified arborist be present on the job site during work hours. many residential clients here in...

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this could be a quick thread, but a client asked me if she could write off tree work on her taxes. maybe it varies state to state , but i though it could not be written off. im in va.

ok not to cherry pick your statements, but to differenciate ; ISA CA people should not be tree workers, they should be arborists. there is a diiference. i am not being elitist with this statement, but an arborist is a well renowned enthusist and authority on trees, the tree worker can climb take...

guy understood my point. i was using my bachelors degree reference as a parallel comparison, not equating it with an actual bachelors. didnt feel flames in your statement anyway tree machine. the ca is still a great program imo and for me it helped me see deep into the horizon of what this...

im going to agree with guy here. the isa unites us all to some degree and works to our benefit as arborists like it or not. i believe the isa is just creating some different certs to suite the needs of a diversifying industry. i do think the main ca has become more of an entry exam to the...

pete i feel your pain... i was removing a holly last may or so and i scared a moma bird from the nest. while trying to get the nest out with the egg in it i let if fall to the ground. when the egg splattered on the basal roots it bothered me to see it. happens though. say your prayers and...

$160 NZD for 4 guys, big truck and chipper what does NZD stand for

im interested in a gas powered backpack sprayer and/or mist blower. what do you recommend to a guy whos only ever used hand pump pist or diaphram. the gas ones look alot more efficient

if your company is really big than this guy must have a division manager or someone over him. file a complaint, or your office will see people quit in droves and all the hard work the original salesman put into making great contracts will be lost because he has no crew to work them. i do not...

had a talk with the boss. got myself a raise. injected some fertilizer into the ground. bought some soil sulphur. pretty much the end of it.

make buddies with one of the climbers and then do side jobs with em. hire them to climb for you and ask many many questions.

lets not ignore the southern pine beetle problem - do that and all your pruning cabeling and bracing is for naught. bushman suggested a spray and i agree. for those of you who do live amongst the southern pine beetle it is an epidemic. the spb will kill its host quickly sending pherremone...