Beware the Australian Silk Oak
I am writing to report on an unusual accident that happened to me on the job here in Arizona. I own/operate a tree and landscape service I founded in 2015 and am a professional tree climber. On June 4, 2020, I removed an Australian silk oak tree (Grevillea robusta) from a residential backyard in Oro […]
Arborists vs. Spotted Lanternfly: a SWOT Analysis
“Where do we currently stand?” is a question that businesses, organizations and even entire industries ask themselves. This can be a useful exercise when deciding to take on a new service offering, comparing yourself to your competitors or taking a simple “State of Our Current Situation” assessment. Probably one of the most common frameworks for […]
Sex and Decay Fungi
Let’s have a frank talk about sex and reproduction in the fungi that cause decay in trees. The details may surprise some people, but the discussion will be, as they say, “safe” for work situations. If you get this first important biological fact about sexual reproduction in decay fungi, the rest of the details will […]
Update on EAB: Stem Injections Can Save Some Heavily Infested Trees
Have you noticed an increasing number of large dead trees along roadways, and in wooded areas near you? Many of these are green or white ash trees, and they are being killed by an invasive pest first spotted and identified in the Detroit, Michigan/Windsor, Ontario, Canada, area in 2002, and now rapidly spreading throughout the […]
Renovation Techniques & Tools for Soil Decompaction
We’ve all seen them – victims of urban soil. Trees placed in cut, filled, mixed, contaminated and compacted soils, expected to live and thrive yet struggling merely to survive. What happens to them? More important, is there anything we can do? Roots perform many functions for the tree, including anchoring the tree, absorbing water and […]