What is the business with Olive Trees and branches dieing.

[ForTheArborist]

I was hired to prune up some Olive Trees in someone's arboretum mainly because the person they had do some work on them was a mechanic.... It wasn't his line of work. The guy did the trees some damage.

I've heard they are the most resilient trees to name, and are the most long living ones. These few don't prove that trait though. Where branches were semi heavily pruned up but not topped. They have lost their leaves though. A look under the skin shows the wood is still green. There is no problem with access to sun or water either.

I'm hoping these are no more sensitive than the run of the mill pepper trees or similar. I don't think so though. I'd hate to have given these a standard trim job, and then get a call about trees dieing because of me.

 

[ddhlakebound]

You may have found your newest claim to fame...

"I can trim trees better than your mechanic"....that'll sell ya lots of jobs.

By the way....WTF is a "standard trim job"?

 

[jefflovstrom]

If the trees are stressed, why not wait until Dec. or Jan, to prune them rather than add wounds. A prune cut is a wound ya know. Get a soil test.
Jeff

 

[ForTheArborist]

Standard Trim Job = eliminate large periphrials, clutter, dead wood, and poor structure.

JL, I thought about the soil too. The soil around here is almost always worthless. These Olives are right next to the the driveway cement slabs too. Even the owner wondered about the soil, and we talked a little about bringing out the air knife and compost.

How does a routine soil test go?

 

[jefflovstrom]

Standard Trim Job = eliminate large periphrials, clutter, dead wood, and poor structure.

JL, I thought about the soil too. The soil around here is almost always worthless. These Olives are right next to the the driveway cement slabs too. Even the owner wondered about the soil, and we talked a little about bringing out the air knife and compost.

How does a routine soil test go?

Dude, you opened Pandora's box! People have topped or what they thought was Pollarded, Which I bet you were in a certain enviroment of continuosly the same tree service that "wacked trees" ( come-on! Was it Mira Mesa or Kearny Mesa? I will PM you after my rant.
Jeff

 

[ForTheArborist]

Dude, you opened Pandora's box! People have topped or what they thought was Pollarded, Which I bet you were in a certain enviroment of continuosly the same tree service that "wacked trees" ( come-on! Was it Mira Mesa or Kearny Mesa? I will PM you after my rant.
Jeff

It's a mansion in Carmel Valley.

 

[sgreanbeans]

Haha, I remember those names! what about Dean Sutton, he works that area 2, I worked for him about a week, watched the crew top 20 or so peppers, he called it "Lacing", it was topping, then his guys drink fortys while feeding the chipper, they never seen nice gear like mine, so they took it! He wouldnt replace it, even tho it was in one of his locked trucks, with no sign of breaking in (someone with keys took it) sold the rest to Brian Bishop when I got on with Gothic

Soil test would be good, Hydroscape should be able to help with that I think? They will test it and give you some options on specialty blended fertilizer, if needed, i think thats how it went, been a few years. Little pricey, if they live in Carmel, shouldnt be an issue

 

[jefflovstrom]

Haha, I remember those names! what about Dean Sutton, he works that area 2, I worked for him about a week, watched the crew top 20 or so peppers, he called it "Lacing", it was topping, then his guys drink fortys while feeding the chipper, they never seen nice gear like mine, so they took it! He wouldnt replace it, even tho it was in one of his locked trucks, with no sign of breaking in (someone with keys took it) sold the rest to Brian Bishop when I got on with Gothic

Dean is still around, dont see him much though. Brian is prez of the SDPTCA.
Jeff