Fungicidal Sprays

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Speaker 1 (00:10):
Eight to sixteen thirteen ten. WI me, I'm gonna ask
the experts. Brought to you this morning by hams Arborcare,
joined by Kevin ham of hams Arborcare the website Hamsarborcare
dot com. That's h A mms Arborcare dot com. Delpha
number eight sixty six five nine six five three nine six.
That's eight sixty six five nine six five three nine six.

(00:32):
Kevin ham mester arborist with hams Arborcare. Kevin, how are
you doing this morning?

Speaker 2 (00:38):
I'm doing great, Sean. I'm heading out to an island.

Speaker 3 (00:41):
Are you are now? Are you going to be on
the island or are you boat adjacent or what are
you doing on the islands this this.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
Year, we've got to take a boat to an island
and take down some hazardous ash trees. One actually is
in the process of falling over. The roots are are
kind of shifted and it's aiming rights for a shed.
So we've got to tie that back and obviously we

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can't climb it. There's no alternative tie in, so we've
got to block and tackle that back and kind of
have it right the line down as we make our
selling cut, so it'll be a little bit of a
you know. And then we've got a couple other climbable
ash that are not yet dead, and I'll be I'll

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be taking those down. I'll probably be running the cameras
and getting some footage of.

Speaker 3 (01:36):
This, I would hope so, because that sounds like something
something that's going to be really cool. You mentioned running
the cameras for folks who haven't had a chance to
follow you on Instagram, You've also got a hugely popular
YouTube channel. You can find Kevin ham Game of Trees
on Instagram and YouTube as well of course links also
you had on over to Ham's arborcare dot com. One

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quick question two about and I guess I've never thought
a lot about this, but I figure now that's popped
into my head. You're the guy that would know. Are
there rules like the DNR have rules for like if
you have a tree on your property that would fall
into the water, are there like rules like as far
as the property owner as how to handle that or
like does it have to be removed or could you

(02:16):
leave it there? Like how does that get handled?

Speaker 2 (02:20):
Yeah? In some places where there's definite protections, like on
the Lower Wisconsin. You know, when things fall into water,
they become habitat. There's some rules like that. Ordinarily, within
thirty five feet of a shoreline, you've got to have
a you know, a replacement tree.

Speaker 3 (02:43):
And.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
That sort of thing with dead ash trees or hazardous trees.
You know, there's a you know, a great line there.
But for sure, if you have a building permit coinciding
with your taking a tree down and you're close to water,

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that's going to be scrutinized. Let's just say that.

Speaker 3 (03:12):
You mentioned replacement trees, and it brings up whether you're
on an island or you've just got a beautiful lot
that you want to add some more beauty to. It's
a good time of year to be thinking about whether
it's mandated as part of a takedown or simply just
wanting to do it because gosh, trees are awesome. You've
got a couple of really good opportunities for folks when

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it comes to tree plantings. Let's talk about talk about
legacy trees and what all comes along with them. And
you've got a little special going on right now for
crab apples, don't you.

Speaker 2 (03:44):
Yeah, absolutely, you know, you know, a more common planting,
our typical tall growing trees, but oftentimes you have power
lines or maybe you just want that ornamental look. We
do have fowering trees, and we have an abundance of
crab apples and inventory right now, and we're like, well, hey,

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why don't we do a three five year warranty on
these crab apples, And so we've got great stock. Legacy
trees systems are very robustly developed, and there it's such
that they mimic a natural planting. You know, if a

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seed falls on the ground and gets planted by a
squirrel or whatever, the root flare is going to be
at the appropriate level, just naturally, and that root flare
acts as a like a little bulldozer, pushing things out
of its way and preventing things from girdling the stem
of the tree. Well, and you know, when man gets involved,

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we start putting things in the ground and and they
get put in a little deeply. Often, you know, planting
is done too deeply and the stem of the tree
is actually in the ground, and then roots can circle
and girdle that stem. And that's a phenomenon that's quite
common in the landscape, and it leads to trees, you know,

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declining and failing at a very young age, say twenty
five years, and after ten years they can be in
a state of repair that you just can't bring them back.
And we do offer air spading and root pruning, but
that's kind of like Jason after the dead horse a

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little bit. And the better option is to plant things
at the right level and then have a good root
system that's not circling. And both of those things happen
with legacy trees, and the root system comparatively to a
ball and burlap or a container grown tree is just

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you know, very robust and everything growing in the proper directions.
And therefore for a five year warranty on these trees,
and that's a paid line item, but it's well worth
it because we touch it every year we go out
there and do a train.

Speaker 3 (06:22):
One of the problems with islands is the connections. When
it comes to a conversation, sounds like Kevin dropped out there.
But as you mentioned about the warranty that comes with
legacy trees and the fact that it's a five year
warranty with it in a great specially they've got going
on right now for crab apples. Of course they've got
that five year warranty. It's a great spring special right now.

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And as we talk with Kevin about legacy trees and
what makes them so special is they really do they
really do get established well and they're going to be
a nice, nice, nice addition to your property. And talk
about crab apples as well. And not only they look
great in spring and when they're flowering, those beautiful flowers,
they don't get too large. They also have of course

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grab apples berries which will last through the winter months.
Makes makes property and everything.

Speaker 2 (07:07):
Look a persistent fruit is what we call it?

Speaker 3 (07:11):
What and Kevin with that, for folks that want to
get on schedule, what is the time? Obviously mother nature
dictates a lot. What is kind of the timeline right
now for folks maybe looking to do some planting. I
know it's probably a prime time to get on the calendar,
isn't it.

Speaker 2 (07:26):
Yeah, we're actually going to be getting after it, probably
a little earlier this year than some you know, oftentimes
the ground doesn't firm up till after April fifteenth. But
we're we're doing our winter stumps right now, and you
know with that, we're going to be doing some tree
planting that we have coming up that are coinciding with
stump grinding, because oftentimes we sell a planting when we're

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doing a removal. That's a nice way to go. So
if you've recently had a tree removed or you know
you've got some open space in your yard, it's a
great time. Springtime. Of course, you got all summer to
baby the tree and we off we we we recommend
when watering a legacy tree you do it with a sprinkler,

(08:12):
rotational sprinkler for above ground. You know, just like rain
on the on the grass, and if there's a green
circle around our tree, we know that those roots are
going to have good moist ground to move out into.
Because you don't want to just water where the roots are,
you want to water where they're going and and so

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that's that's what we recommend for watering. But yeah, springtime
is a great time. You can you can keep on
it all through the summer and have a great established.

Speaker 3 (08:44):
And one final thing to Kevin as we talk about springtime, obviously,
h as you mentioned you're doing island work today and
your schedule. One of the things with with working with
the elements is uh schedules got to be a little
fleck with things, And I know it's a big part
of at Ham's Harborcare, putting that schedule together each and

(09:05):
every day about make sure you get everything taken care of,
things like funge of sidle sprays. I've noticed very windy.
I know there's also looks like rain tomorrow. Sometimes that
stuff does have an effect on the scheduling of that stuff,
doesn't it.

Speaker 2 (09:19):
Yeah, absolutely, the fund de side has been put off
mostly for temperature. You know, our temperas has been lower
and we had bud break kind of happening, and then
it's slowed down and now of course with this rain
coming up, it's going to speed up. So after this
rain has hit, it's probably going to be our first
application sometime next week. And then, yeah, we have to

(09:41):
monitor the weather and there's a big logistical situation with that.
I've got my son is on paternity leave right now.
We've just added our ninth grandchild to the mix. So uh,
we've got Eli's taking care of all the scheduling and
and we've we've got it well in hand. And springtime

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is an exciting time and.

Speaker 3 (10:05):
Treecare for sure, it sure is, and it's a great
time to get on the schedule and give them a
call at Ham's Barborcare their telephone number eight sixty six
five nine six five three nine six. That's eight sixty
six five nine six five three nine six. Learn more
online Hamsarborcare dot com. That's h A m Msarborcare dot com. Also,
you can chat on over to gameoftrees dot com. Follow

(10:29):
Kevin as well on Instagram and YouTube Kevin Ham Game
of Trees. You can find all of that stuff there, Kevin,
so much great stuff this morning. You enjoy this beautiful day,
enjoy the island, and we'll talk real soon.

Speaker 2 (10:40):
Thank you, Sean.

Speaker 3 (10:41):
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