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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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Should I be DOING anything for my trees during winter? I get this question a lot from homeowners. The answer is “Yes”. Fertilization is an important tool. Although trees appear to be asleep in winter, they are active growing new roots and taking up nutrients for next year. Fertilization is an important step which ensures [...]
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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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Did You Know? Fall Facts The more light a leaf is exposed to, more likely it will become red. Fertile soil enhances the intensity of red in leaves. Leaves actually stay orange and yellow throughout the summer, but the chlorophyll (green) covers it. Rainy, cloudy days dim leaves from becoming brilliantly colored.
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Wow, the Benefits of Trees! A Tree Can Grow To: Manufacture five pounds of pure oxygen per day Consume carbon dioxide to fight the “greenhouse effect” that threatens our survival Provide the cooling equivalent of 10 room-size air conditioning units A Tree, Over a 50-year Period, Will: Generate $31,250 worth of [...]
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Myth #1 – “Lots of Mulch is Good.” TRUTH: Mulch is too thick when roots start growing into it. When this occurs, several continuous hot dry days can lead to root death. Start by applying 3 to 4 inches and inspect several times a year for root growth. Keep mulch at least 6 inches away [...]
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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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It‘s the clashing of hot and cold air that cause allthe problems; that‘s why it‘s the spring and summerwe should look out for, with only the occasional‗winter storm.‘ Speaking of which, therehave only been a few in the last 20 years I‘ve beenin business, with only one being worth mentioning—the ice storm of 1994—what a [...]
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Aerating and overseeding is a very important part of the lawn maintenance process. One reason it is so necessary is because it replenishes the grass we lose during the hot summer months. We lose fescue in the summer because of the heat stress as well as a lack of rain. So in order to have [...]
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Most people I talk to have a fear of the awesome force we call lightning. When I visit homes with storm damage, lightning is blamed by the homeowner when in fact wind damages most trees during thunderstorms. It is estimated that lighting strikes the Earth 9 million times a day -100 times per second. It [...]
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NES tree pruning policy—My goodness . . what a stir up that group of people are in! We have lopsided, off balance, center sections and corners cut out of trees all over town and how unsightly they can look. I am writing this article in efforts to help with the understanding of how a tree [...]
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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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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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Old Soldiers and their Memorials Jason Kenney Have you ever listened to a tree guy talk? Ever notice how they refer to trees with statements like “Look at that big guy!” or “Wow, she’s a beauty!” or even one of my favorites “Look at that old soldier?” Once you’ve spent enough time in the trees, [...]
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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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No, Dogwoods don‟t get tired of looking at other trees and shrubs in your land-scape! I‟m talking about dogwood „borers,‟ Synanthedon scitula. These are the most destructive insect pests that attack flowering dogwood, Cornus florida in Ten-nessee. Wounded trees are the most vul-nerable since the larva gain access through wounds or scars. The adult is [...]
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In most cases tree failure is directly linked to some kind of decay, either in the root system or above ground in the frame of the tree. Losing a tree to these problems is more acceptable but to lose a perfectly healthy tree due to a structural weakness is saddening. Not only do you lose [...]
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