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Arboriculture Best Practices

  • April 1, 2021

    Video – Pruning Peach Trees in the Backyard

    By Tchukki Andersen, BCMA, CTSP

    Watch Tchukki Andersen describe how to rehab two little peach trees for fruit production. Click here to read the full article. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE3S5Ie7YXU Are they the most optimal tree stock in the most optimal growing site? Of course not. Additionally, they [...]

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  • April 1, 2021

    Curbside Manners – Respecting the Roots

    By Howard Gaffin, BCMA

    The author inspects his handiwork while exposing the roots of the street tree that was destined to be saved. All photos courtesy of the author. I arrived at the site in a tony section of town with some prior experience. [...]

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  • April 1, 2021

    Expanding Knowledge of Biochar and Its Strengthening Markets

    By Harry Groot

    Making biochar from a standard Air Burners, Inc., FireBox. Biochar offers several opportunities to the tree care industry. Photo courtesy of Air Burners, Inc. Biochar offers several opportunities to the tree care industry, and the development of the biochar marketplace, [...]

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  • February 1, 2021

    I Can Move That – A Transplanting Triumph

    By Howard Gaffin, BCMA

    The specimen Stewartia was planted too close to the linden to the right. All photos courtesy of the author. I had scored an end-of-the-season deal on a specimen Japanese stewartia tree (Stewartia pseudocamellia) I’d had my eye on. I’m not [...]

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  • February 1, 2021

    On Removing Deadwood, Part 1

    By Jeremiah_Sandler, BCMA

    Does removing dead branches truly improve the health of a tree? Photo by USDA Forest Service - Northeastern Area, Bugwood.org. Last December, we pruned some hazardous deadwood from a large northern red oak that had been hanging over a client’s [...]

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