whadja do today?

ropensaddle · Apr 16, 2010

I never see them around here cool really never seen a palm except in pictures. Good job Jeff :cheers:

tree md · Apr 16, 2010

jefflovstrom said:
On one of our courses. Do yoe see Carlos in the Date Palm in the last pic? He is in the upper right top cutting out all the fruit.:jawdrop:
Jeff

NJ Jeff and crew!

jefflovstrom · Apr 16, 2010

Thanks guys!
Jeff

Jumper · Apr 16, 2010

treevet said:
freedom isn't free

Yup. Ask the 142 families of our most recent wartime deaths, not to mention the thousands who preceded them. Dreadful, awful cost.

tree MDS · Apr 17, 2010

John Paul Sanborn said:
Sounds like a long term project that you set a budget to do a couple days a month.

I remember some hollows out there that had some huge trees in them, do you think it is a problem with long-term drought/water table, or a pest problem?

It would be nice to break it up like that if I can. I don't know how familiar you are with rich old Italian guys.. but this guy sort of strikes me as the type that just wants to get it done. Everything on his property is mint - except for that one single dandelion in the front yard. I was real tempted to pluck it out. lol.

I'm going to do some more research over the weekend, but its definitely not drought. There are actually wetlands at the end of this group. I have been watching white ash die in this area for 15 years or better. It usually hits certain areas where they all slowly decline.. but a mile away the ash trees will be fine. We usually tell people "they have a blight", and there's nothing you can really do but remove them once they're that far gone. But its probably a combination of ash yellows and ash decline - at least that's my guess so far.

Oldirty, if you're serious let me know. It will be a few weeks probably anyway.

John Paul Sanborn · Apr 17, 2010

tree MDS said:
I'm going to do some more research over the weekend, but its definitely not drought. There are actually wetlands at the end of this group. I have been watching white ash die in this area for 15 years or better. It usually hits certain areas where they all slowly decline.. but a mile away the ash trees will be fine. We usually tell people "they have a blight", and there's nothing you can really do but remove them once they're that far gone. But its probably a combination of ash yellows and ash decline - at least that's my guess so far.

Last I read Ash-Yellows is a ubiquitous secondary stressor that becomes opportunistic. They found the phytoplasma in over 40% of healthy trees.

Was there any construction, roadwork at the end of the drainage that could have caused the water table to rise? I see this all over in S/E WI.

Jumper · Apr 17, 2010

Exciting day so far, just finished my laundry and picked up a cooked rotisserie chicken to go with my caesar salad later, also sourdough bread. It is going to be a beautiful aft, 23C(about 75F)! I can pretend I am back in Florida and not Alberta in mid April. Must be a brush fire burning somewhere- I smell smoke. Bring on the mosquitos.

Off to West Edmonton Mall in the aft and then to St Albert with a cheesecake ( and some fresh strawberries) in tow to visit an old jumping friend. Standing joke between us, it was 1989 and we were doing an airshow in Victoria, BC and Eileen bought some china, which struck me as being odd given her then nomadic lifestyle. She said she would serve me tea off the "fine china" anytime so long as I brought cheesecake, so that is what I do everytime I visit and she reciprocates as promised.

John Paul Sanborn · Apr 17, 2010

Jumper said:
so that is what I do everytime I visit and she reciprocates as promised.

Good friends are more precious then gold.

tree MDS · Apr 18, 2010

John Paul Sanborn said:
Last I read Ash-Yellows is a ubiquitous secondary stressor that becomes opportunistic. They found the phytoplasma in over 40% of healthy trees.

Was there any construction, roadwork at the end of the drainage that could have caused the water table to rise? I see this all over in S/E WI.

My research says ash yellows is "considered a key contributing factor to the Decline syndrome". So it looks like we're both on the right track there.

I'm not sure about the drainage thing. I will check that out next time I go over there. Its a pretty old neighborhood, but something may have changed.

Any thoughts on excessive weed control from the lawn leaching down into this stand and inhibiting root function or anything like that John? I commented on how nice the lawn looks, and he said he has some guys that do a beutiful job with it (except for the one dandalion that is).

treevet · Apr 18, 2010

took a little tear thru the countryside to a n. kentucky town where the last 4 mayors have been dogs. couple of picts of country side and a riding buddy and a friends bike that was in the store. it was less than 50 f making for some great riding.