I need an arborists help!!!?
Posted by admin on Dec 31, 2009
I have a grafting question, if i can have your email, that would be great
There is a link below with detailed information about grafting – not everything can be grafted, though, so if you cannot find anything with the browser about grafting the tree you want to graft…it is probably not done with success. I am not an arborist, though, and I have not grafted anything in years.
very best remedy for rust on plants?
Posted by admin on Dec 31, 2009
experienced amateur or professional gardeners and arborists please tell me what’s worked best/quickest for you on this particular plant disease. whole yard infected: lomabardy poplars, roses, oxalis.
i’ve used neem oil with great success against powdery mildew, but it doesn’t do much against the rusrt
The very best today is a product called Ortho Garden Disease Control. It contains 29.6% "chlorothalonil", which is a broad spectrum fungicide. This product mixes easily and is applied easily and controls over 130 diseases and funguses on trees, shrubs, vegetables and lawn. It controls all types of rust. I have used this product for over 20 yrs and have virtually sprayed every type of tree, shrub, turf, and vegetable. It works great! If you do decide to use it, make sure that the temperature is not in the 90’s or higher. The cooler the better. If it is too hot you may burn the leaves of some plants. Remember, the damage already caused by the rust is irreversible, and when you spray a fungicide, it will to a point, eliminate some of the existing fungus, but is better at controlling any further infection. You can pick this product up at any Walmart, Home Depot, or Lowes garden centers. Here is a link with info. Hope this answers your question.
http://www.ortho.com/index.cfm/event/ProductGuide.product/documentId/031ae09d4fc805010313841419e1c54d
**Billy Ray**
Tree removal service didn’t complete their job?
Posted by admin on Dec 31, 2009
I recently had a tree removal service cut down 3 of my trees, however they didn’t take away the logs which was part of the service. I’ve tried calling them and getting them to remove them over a dozen times but they don’t answer my calls at all.
Is there any way I can force them to remove them?
I’ve thought about sending them a letter but I’m not so sure that it would make them care about removing the trees
Your first answer hit the nail on the head. If you have paid for the work without it being done, you made a mistake.
However, if you have a contract stating what services you were to receive, and the log removal is clearly on the contract, take photos of the logs and a copy of the contract, and go to the business. Tell them you would hate to go to the Better Business Bureau or small claims court for such a simple matter than can be resolved if they simply live up to the contract.
If you don’t have a contract in writing, your options are far more limited. Since they won’t take your calls, make an effort to see them in person. Remind them that you have many friends and relatives, and that large social circle will be reluctant to endorse them or hire them if they don’t do as they agreed, but might be ready customers if they do.
It is a matter of your making it look as if it will cost the owner less to finish the job than it will if they ignore you further. Just be polite and business like so that they have no "well, he was a jerk and was rude to me" kind of excuses.
If they do not finish the job in a reasonable time, do take them to small claims court for a refund of the unfinished portion (or the amount you have to pay someone else to haul them away) and report them to the Better Business Bureau. Keep reciepts and document times you contact them, and who said what in each call.
Can someone tell me the about price for tree removal"?
Posted by admin on Dec 31, 2009
I don’t know the name of the tree, but the trunk is about 8 to 10" wide.The roots are very thick growing toward my house. Its bare during the winter even tho I live in the desert.It has green small leaves during the summer, and its growing very tall.
Any tree service will give you a free estimate for removal. I would get at least three estimates and go with the lowest estimate of the guy that can show you proof of insurance. Then take a minute to call their insurance company to check on the status of their policy. If it is current, go for it.
I cannot stress this enough. Do not risk your home and use one that does not have insurance, because he is so much cheaper. The largest expense these guys have is labor, then insurance. If one of these guys get hurt while on your property w/o insurance, who do you think their going to turn to? If they drop a tree on your house or car, an apology won’t got too far to cover the damage.
Does anyone know of and could recommend a tree removal service in Dawsonville Georgia?
Posted by admin on Dec 31, 2009
Thanks for your help in advance. I would also prefer a Certified Georgia Arborist be employed by the tree service company if possible. I have a few tough questions I would like to ask them as well.
Tim with SAM Tree Service is recognized as one of the top Certified Arborist in Georgia. He can handle just about any tree related question or issue that arises. So yes their is a an actual certified arborist in Dawsonville.
Tim runs a top notch tree removal service in Dawsonville Georgia.. I do know however that Superior Arbor Management is in the process of changing of their website from the one mentioned by CLOOTHE above. Their new web address is going to be http://www.samtreeservices.com I believe or it could be http://www.samtreeservice.com .
Tim and his crew does great work. So if you are looking for an insured and bonded tree removal company in Dawson County. Give Tim a call.
FYI Tim also operates a tree trimming service in Dawsonville as well.
Will my home insurance pay for tree removal?
Posted by admin on Dec 31, 2009
I have a rental property which has five 40ft gum tree’s down the back yard. Someone has drilled them all and poisoned them and their all dead and need to be removed. Because this is a criminal act of Malicious Damage which has happened on my property, will my general home insurance cover me to have the tree’s removed?
I cannot give you an answer, although I can tell you what happened to us. There was a large pecan tree on our property line. Clearly a hazard tree as its limbs hung over our home. I had contacted our insurance company. We had no claim, therefore no money. A large limb fell out and punched 2 holes in our roof. I called insurance, they sent an adjuster. He immediately noticed the hazard…….and also noticed several other small repairs had been required as the result of the hazard tree. He gave us a complete new roof. Which was not necessary…..although it gave us enough money to have the tree taken down. It’s a backasswards way of getting something accomplished……..but hey…..how else do you deal with an insurance company?
How does one remove a tree hugger?
Posted by admin on Dec 31, 2009
The other day I had my man Bagthorpe(87) lop down two ruddy big Oaks on the old estate as I rather fancied a new dining room table, he managed to lop one of the blighter down but before he got to the second, some scruffy smelly tree hugging oiks hutched up the ruddy tree and will not come down and now they are shouting some trife about a preservation something waffle?
Can I just pop them off with the Purdey or is their some other in humane method I may use ?
Can any one advise?
Duchess you do have a way with words x
Well my dear, I feel there is something to be said for the traditional methods – whatever happened to good old dynamite? This will remove both tree and said smelly oik – with the added advantage of leaving a lovely crater for your golf course. Pip Pip! x
Are there any experts on cultivation of palm trees out there?
Posted by admin on Dec 31, 2009
A fierce debate is raging about the way to treat palm trees in our communal garden. After Hurricane Ike had hit us, most of our trees were in one piece, but the first thing our Haitian gardeners started doing the following day was to attack the perfectly good branches of palm trees, lopping them all off — including the spikes. As well as looking ugly, the trees seem to be in shock and are shedding their undeveloped coconuts. A small minority of us complained about this both at the time and afterwards, but our gardeners have their supporters, who back them up in saying that that is the proper thing to do with palm trees following a hurricane. We remain firmly unconvinced and have certainly never come across this treatment elsewhere. I think that everyone would agree that it is proper to remove damaged leaves, but I haven’t been able to come across any authoritative support for simply topping the trees entirely — on the contrary, it would appear that this would shorten the life of the tree considerably. Any advice, please?
I’m wowed by the quality of the answers coming in! No, Rob E, it’s no good asking our gardeners to produce anything in writing, as they are completely illiterate and can’t even read their own names. That doesn’t stop them describing themselves as "professionals"!
I’m overwhelmed by the quality of the answers coming in! No, Rob E, it’s no good asking our gardeners to produce anything in writing, as they are completely illiterate and can’t even read their own names. That doesn’t stop them describing themselves as "professionals"!
I am a horticulturist of 30 years with experience with palms, and I agree that that is the worst thing you could do to a suffering palm. Any broken frond should be removed, but even doing that is not essential for recovery from storm damage. By removing good fronds and spears (newly forming fronds) you remove the palms’ ability to photosynthesize and support its roots, etc, for a long time. And if you cut the spears off too close, you could easily kill the crown itself, therefore the whole palm. Once the crown dies, the palm dies.
Your well-meaning Haitian employees are confusing what you are supposed to do BEFORE the storm and doing it after the storm instead. Before the storm arrives, you are supposed to "hurricane-cut" the fronds all off, leaving only very young soft spears. This is done to protect the humans, not the palms, because the large palm leaves are lethal when being blown across the landscape by hurricane-strength winds.
Would you be loikin yer trees cut, sor ?
Posted by admin on Dec 31, 2009
Er ,no, I have a chainsaw.
Why are the fine Irish going around offering to lop trees ?
They were in my neighbourhood last year. Quoted £50 to cut the trees, then demanded £500 to clear away the waste wood which they dumped in the local park. Police said they couldn’t take any action because they don’t have jurisdiction against people who drive unregistered vehicles and have no fixed abode.
Should you prune fruit trees drastically to avoid places water can sit?
Posted by admin on Dec 31, 2009
Some fruit trees have limbs that grow to form a crotch area, which tends to stay moist and attract insects. Is it a good idea to lop a few of those low limbs off to make for better water run-off?
It is not exclusively lower limbs that have this problem.
Would you use a waterproof cover to shed the water? We often see that other problems arise in the wound if we cut it.
But a division in a tree close to the bottom often results in a limb that splits off in strong wind or heavy ice loading. If we have a group of trees coming out of a common point (5 trees coming from an apple core, for example, it is very likely to split 5 ways when loaded with ice.
The answer is that we should nip out the extra limb start up while it is very small. We should not wait for the limb to grow bigger and then do major surgery leaving a wound that goes rotten.