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Did you experience a clear sticky substance or black mold on your deck, lawn furniture or car last summer? If you did, you may be experienc-ing the symptoms of the Asian woolly hackberry aphid, Shivaphis celti. Middle Tennessee hackberry trees experienced severe infestations during the summers of 2003 through 2006. The aphids mysteriously vanished [...]
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Imagine if you will, a group of racehorses pacing in a field. They look eager for the run; it has been a long off-season. You can see the restlessness in their eyes, the anxiousness in their body movements. You can almost see them speaking with one another, conversing about the challenges to come and the [...]
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Most people are aware that trees and other living plants are valuable. They provide beauty to our properties, manufacture oxygen, reduce rain-fall runoff, provide sound barriers, and help us save energy by provid-ing cool shade in the summer and reducing the harsh winds in the winter. However, trees and other landscape plants are a part [...]
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Saves Water – far less watering needed, and more rain absorption. Saves Labor – no weeding, less time watering. Stimulates growth – mulched trees grow faster than unmulched trees. Keeps soil and roots from overheating in hot summers. Eliminates injury to trunk from mower collisions. Reduces soil compaction over roots. Nourishes the soil by adding [...]
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Common questions concerning fertilization are: What exactly is in fertilizer? What brands should we use? When to use it? Why it works? What are the proce-dures? In this article, you’ll find out why this process is incredibly beneficial to your trees. What does going to the dentist every six months to clean your teeth accomplish? [...]
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I‘ve worked for some of Nashville‘s tree companies over the years. I‘ve never been involved with a clientele cut from the same cloth as the patrons of Quality Tree Surgery. I‘m almost always greeted with a smile. I hear friendly voices on the phone even at such odd hours as seven in the morning when [...]
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Over the past years, I’ve worked with quite a few of Nashville’s tree companies. Through tenacity, I finally got hired by Quality Tree Inc. One of my main concerns with past companies was their lack of any type of safety program. Let’s face it, climbing sixty feet off the ground on a half inch diameter rope and operating a chainsaw at a distance no greater [...]
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How many of you have heard this statement: “Fall is a good time for planting trees and shrubs.” Ever wonder why? Let’s discuss a few of the most common reasons the Nursery Industry recommends the fall season for planting. The main benefit to fall/winter planting is that container and ball-and-burlapped plants are less stressed when transplanted during cool, moist weather. The shorter days of these months also trigger [...]
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Most people are aware that trees and other living plants are valuable. They provide beauty to our properties, manufacture oxygen, reduce rainfall runoff, provide sound barriers, and help us save energy by providing shade in the summer and wind reduction in theMost people are aware that trees and other living plants are valuable. They provide beauty to our properties, manufacture oxygen, reduce rainfall runoff, provide sound barriers, and help us save [...]
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GOT CHIPS? WE DO ~ And we deliver for FREE! How about some chips? They make greatmulch for play areas, paths through gardens, or even heavilyshaded areas where grass won’t grow. Some of our customerslet them set for a year or so and use the compost for enrichingthe soil of their plantings and vegetable gardens. [...]
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Did you experience a clear sticky substance or black mold on your deck, lawn furniture or car last summer? If so, you may have been experiencing the symptoms of the Asian woolly hackberry aphid, Shivaphis celti. UT’s Insect and Disease Diagnostic Lab first re-ported this aphid in the southern counties of our state in the [...]
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Even our most faithful turf management customers have problems with their lawns dur-ing this time of year. You may recognize some of the follow-ing most asked questions dur-ing July and August: What are all those little brown dead looking circles all over my lawn? There is a fungus among us—Brown Patch—and it‟s the reason for [...]
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Have you heard about the West Nile Virus? Read up! It‟s interesting . . . . Who’s Most at Risk People over age 50 Anyone with a weakened immune system Symptoms Incubation period (time from infection to onset of symptoms) is usually 3 to 15 days. Fever Headache and body aches [...]
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Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. The average person will spend two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change. Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible. No piece of [...]
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Been to any of our wonderful state parks recently? If not you are missing out on a great opportunity. Did you know that Tennessee recently won the “Best Parks in the Nation” award? Imagine that, the best and cleanest parks in the nation right here in your own backyards. With fall almost here, it is [...]
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Smothered and covered, like a really good hamburger that clogs up your arteries. Leaves that cover your turf are much the same way. They clog off sunlight, oxygen, and down right smother the grass. Nobody has time to rake leaves on a daily basis nor is that needed. Simply once a week, or at least [...]
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Most people are aware that trees and other living plants are valuable. They provide beauty to our properties, manufacture oxygen, reduce rainfall runoff, provide sound barriers, and help us save energy by providing cool shade in the summer and reducing the harsh winds in the winter. However, trees and other landscape plants are a part [...]
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