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(00:11):
Eighteen thirteen ten W I B Aand ask the experts joined this morning with
our master arborist, Kevin Ham.Of course, Kevin comes to us from
hams Arborcare. The website Hamsarborcare dotcom. That's h A m MS Arborcare
dot com. Also great website Gameof Trees dot com. Telephon number for
(00:32):
hams Arborcare eight six six five ninesix five three nine six. That's eight
six six five nine six five threenine six. Kevin. How you doing
this week? Well, we're justwe're doing good. It's beautiful day.
It's uh, it's a spray day. We're finalizing the BTK spray. I
think they're out there spraying bear booout in the bar and there's there's two
(00:57):
rounds. How does that with withthe with that spray for spongy moth?
What are we kind of how doesfor people who don't know, how is
that kind of approached? And there'sobviously some depending on the on the issue,
different ways to solve that problem,aren't there? Yeah, we we
for the BTK spraise, it's specificallytimed with the early life stages of the
(01:22):
caterpillar and it's got to be withinthe first three stages, and we only
do it in kind of rural areas, areas where there's a lot of trees
and it's just a practical way toget a serious reduction in the population.
(01:42):
And it's the same stuff they sprayfrom airplanes, but we do put a
tacking agent in there. So we'vedone it in the past in neighborhoods,
but it gets on cars and thenpeople want us to wash their cars.
It is kind of all right,we're just not doing this around people.
You know, we're gonna do itin big open spaces and so Oschner Park
(02:08):
and Bearaboo was defoliated last year andso you know, we're doing sixty some
trees in the park that are gettingtreated. And two applications is what's recommended
by the label, you know,three to seven days apart. So we
kind of do it one week andthen do it the next week. And
(02:30):
we were blessed with good weather,you know, in both cases, lowly
dodging a little bit of rain.What's kind of nice about bt case bras.
You know, you spraying from thebottom, so you're you're hitting all
the bottom of the leaves, andif you get a little rain, then
the caterpillars actually feed on the bottomof the leaf, interesting from the bottom,
(02:53):
and so that kind of provides themprotection from the sun, protection from
birds, protection from you know,rain, and so with the attacking agents
on there, it takes you know, even a hard rain isn't going to
wash all of the product up becauseit's going to be on the bottom of
belief, and so it's it's veryeffective treatment. And going forward, now
(03:17):
there's going to be people that asthese little devils grow, they be like,
I've got them, and we cando systemic treatments of individual trees.
So if somebody's got you know,three trees in their yard and you're finding
these creepy callers everywhere, we canget in there. And if we've got
(03:42):
you know, a little bit oftime, the soil systemic gets in the
tree in three to five days,and the if we inject the tree directly,
you know that day they can bedying. So we have some options
to do emergency intervention with spongy mothand so in the coming weeks, days
(04:09):
and weeks here, if you noticeyou have a population, we can we
come out and mitigate that a littlebit. Talking this morning with Kevin Ham,
of course master arborist with Hams Barborcare. The website Hamsarborcare dot com.
That's h A M. M Sarborcaredot com. Tell phone number eight six
six five nine six five three ninesix. That's eight six six five nine
(04:30):
six five three nine six. Speakingof sprays fungacidal, you're you're doing the
final rounds of those right now,aren't you. Yep, that will be
next week now that we've finalized thespongy moss where we've got one more round
that's usually a three round application andto get good reduction of those diseases on
(04:56):
crab apples and spruces and some findtrees that we spray Austrian pines specifically get
a Diplodia tip decline. And sowe'll be finalizing that and then we move
right into injections of ash trees isour next thing, and then our oak
(05:18):
wilt treatments will and Dutch Elm diseasecome in in late May early June.
For people who don't know it's it'sa it's an interesting schedule and I think
one of the one of the things, as we talk about about tree care
is it's very precise. It's nota calendar schedule. It's it's a you
(05:40):
know, on that kind of approximatelyon the calendar when these things are going
to happen. But as we talkabout and we start this conversation, this
wee Kevin talking about BTK spraying andof course fighting fighting against the gypsy moth,
fighting against the spongy moth and thecaterpillars. It's really very much dependent
on dated day, region by region, even even parts of I was gonna
(06:03):
say county by county, but evenit's even more finite than that when you're
scheduling these when these these applications,it's a real science as to when the
optimal time to do this stuff is. And obviously at Ham's Arborcare, that's
something you guys, you guys areworking very very closely on as to what's
everybody going to be doing each dayand when is the best time uh to
(06:25):
apply this stuff for the for thecondition. Are there things before I want
to talk to you in just amoment about legacy trees, But before we
get to that, it's really quickas we're talking about different types of treatment,
things that homeowners should be looking atright now and kind of being aware
of it kind of maybe signs ofof of it's probably time to call in
arborous things that that might be cuesthat hey, something's not right right now
(06:46):
with a tree. Yeah, youknow, for homeowners, it might be
a time. You know, mostpeople can't spot dead wood in the trees
if they're not arborius, unless theleaves are on the tree and they start
to see, oh, yeah,I've got branches in there that aren't leafed
out. And so now this isthe time of year where people start to
(07:06):
see, okay, well most ofmy trees are leased out and this one
is having issue. It's the timeto see that. So if you get
out there and start looking at yourtrees, you might see that they need
to be cleaned up a little bit. Or the fungal diseases that we treat
for our fungicidal sprays, they kindof become noticed. You know, as
(07:29):
the summer progresses, you might seethese symptoms showing up on your trees.
Your crab apples start to drop theirleaves, the spruce trees are looking scanner.
Those our things to look for.But all through the summer here,
you know, if you haven't treatedyour ash tree, yeah, you probably
(07:53):
notice your ash tree is pretty deadnight, sure, and so if you've
had it treated in the past andyou've kind of lost touch with who treated
it, of course, then youyou still might have a viable tree that
we could get in there and takecare of. So keep us in mind
for that. Yeah. Something Kevin, something you've pointed out in the past
as well with ash trees and theemerald dash borer is this isn't gonna last
(08:16):
forever. Is this is not somethingthat eventually, as you pointed out,
they're going to run out of ofof trees to consume. And if you've
got to if you've got a treethat that you're caring for, that's been
that's been protected, that's not aforever thing. That's once those once the
E A B moves on, yourtree will be good and you'll actually have
(08:37):
one of the one of the oneof the suddenly becoming weird to think,
but a rare specimen of an ashtree here, Yeah, exactly, and
it will still be needed to betreated. Those treatments might elongate out a
little farther than two years. Butthey have found that the emerald dash boarder
does survive in other species well,we'll find, we'll find where they cross
(09:07):
over to in time. But andthen another another thing in the spring here
is look at your white oak treesin particular, Uh, if the leaves
appear to be yellow versus green,and and maybe you look if you look
closely at the least the vein agethat will will be dark green and in
(09:30):
between the veins will be like alight yellow or fading. And and that's
usually indicative of an iron deficiency ora manganese deficiency. And we do,
uh, you know, biochar treatmentsand iron treatments for those. So that's
something very noticeable in the spring.And those are obviously we talk about talk
(09:54):
about just beautiful trees. White oaksare absolutely amazing. And again, if
you've got questions or can cern as, it is a fine day to give
Kevin and the team at hams ArborKerra call eight sixty six five nine six
five three nine six. That's eightsix six five nine six five three nine
six. Don't take those trees forgranted. Make sure you're having them checked
on. And Kevin before we wrapup this week, a great opportunity,
(10:16):
I know, legacy trees and andof course a program you've been a part
of the past couple of years.It's a really really great way to get
a fantastic tree. And as wetalk about the importance of taking care of
trees, the Legacy Tree program involvesensuring that that tree gets a really,
(10:37):
really good start and we'll develop properlyand of course we'll be with you for
years and generations to come. Yeah, you know, we offer a five
year warranty with that, and youknow, we actually put it as a
different item on the on the workorder, but we highly recommend that you
do it because no one offers afive year warranty. And not only are
(11:00):
we going to warranty the replacement valueof the tree, but the maintenance of
it. We're gonna stop buy andtake a look at that tree and probably
touch it and do some training pruning. And so that's a huge benefit to
get that tree off to a goodstart, because you know a lot of
(11:22):
people can look back and go,you know, I planted that tree,
but I all of a sudden lookat it, you know, and it's
just kind of going wild. Andwe can help direct that tree and get
it off to a great structural start. And of course, with Legacy trees.
We're getting the root system off toa great structural start as well,
(11:43):
and that's it's what you don't seethat is really benefiting the long term value
of that tree and how it's goingto persist in the landscape over time.
As someone who lost a beautiful sugarmaple because when it was planted decades ago,
I didn't have that proper care initiallyand it just it ended up roading.
It was. It was so painfulto have to have that tree taken
(12:07):
down. One of the things weabsolutely loved when we when we were looking
at our house. And you don'twant that to happen. You don't want
that to be you. And that'sa great thing about whether it's working out
with hams Arborcare on legacy tree programs, or of course making sure that your
trees that you have now that areestablished, that they're going to be healthy
for a long time. So importantto have them checked out. Telephone number
eight sixty six five nine six fivethree nine six. That's eight six six
(12:30):
five nine six five three nine six. The website hams Arborcare dot com h
A m Msarborcare dot com. Kevin. It's always great chatting with you my
friend, you enjoy this beautiful day. Thank you, Sean. Take care
of news is on deck next hereon thirteen ten wib I
Eighteen thirteen ten W I B Aand ask the experts joined this morning with
our master arborist, Kevin Ham.Of course, Kevin comes to us from
hams Arborcare. The website Hamsarborcare dotcom. That's h A m MS Arborcare
dot com. Also great website Gameof Trees dot com. Telephon number for
(00:32):
hams Arborcare eight six six five ninesix five three nine six. That's eight
six six five nine six five threenine six. Kevin. How you doing
this week? Well, we're justwe're doing good. It's beautiful day.
It's uh, it's a spray day. We're finalizing the BTK spray. I
think they're out there spraying bear booout in the bar and there's there's two
(00:57):
rounds. How does that with withthe with that spray for spongy moth?
What are we kind of how doesfor people who don't know, how is
that kind of approached? And there'sobviously some depending on the on the issue,
different ways to solve that problem,aren't there? Yeah, we we
for the BTK spraise, it's specificallytimed with the early life stages of the
(01:22):
caterpillar and it's got to be withinthe first three stages, and we only
do it in kind of rural areas, areas where there's a lot of trees
and it's just a practical way toget a serious reduction in the population.
(01:42):
And it's the same stuff they sprayfrom airplanes, but we do put a
tacking agent in there. So we'vedone it in the past in neighborhoods,
but it gets on cars and thenpeople want us to wash their cars.
It is kind of all right,we're just not doing this around people.
You know, we're gonna do itin big open spaces and so Oschner Park
(02:08):
and Bearaboo was defoliated last year andso you know, we're doing sixty some
trees in the park that are gettingtreated. And two applications is what's recommended
by the label, you know,three to seven days apart. So we
kind of do it one week andthen do it the next week. And
(02:30):
we were blessed with good weather,you know, in both cases, lowly
dodging a little bit of rain.What's kind of nice about bt case bras.
You know, you spraying from thebottom, so you're you're hitting all
the bottom of the leaves, andif you get a little rain, then
the caterpillars actually feed on the bottomof the leaf, interesting from the bottom,
(02:53):
and so that kind of provides themprotection from the sun, protection from
birds, protection from you know,rain, and so with the attacking agents
on there, it takes you know, even a hard rain isn't going to
wash all of the product up becauseit's going to be on the bottom of
belief, and so it's it's veryeffective treatment. And going forward, now
(03:17):
there's going to be people that asthese little devils grow, they be like,
I've got them, and we cando systemic treatments of individual trees.
So if somebody's got you know,three trees in their yard and you're finding
these creepy callers everywhere, we canget in there. And if we've got
(03:42):
you know, a little bit oftime, the soil systemic gets in the
tree in three to five days,and the if we inject the tree directly,
you know that day they can bedying. So we have some options
to do emergency intervention with spongy mothand so in the coming weeks, days
(04:09):
and weeks here, if you noticeyou have a population, we can we
come out and mitigate that a littlebit. Talking this morning with Kevin Ham,
of course master arborist with Hams Barborcare. The website Hamsarborcare dot com.
That's h A M. M Sarborcaredot com. Tell phone number eight six
six five nine six five three ninesix. That's eight six six five nine
(04:30):
six five three nine six. Speakingof sprays fungacidal, you're you're doing the
final rounds of those right now,aren't you. Yep, that will be
next week now that we've finalized thespongy moss where we've got one more round
that's usually a three round application andto get good reduction of those diseases on
(04:56):
crab apples and spruces and some findtrees that we spray Austrian pines specifically get
a Diplodia tip decline. And sowe'll be finalizing that and then we move
right into injections of ash trees isour next thing, and then our oak
(05:18):
wilt treatments will and Dutch Elm diseasecome in in late May early June.
For people who don't know it's it'sa it's an interesting schedule and I think
one of the one of the things, as we talk about about tree care
is it's very precise. It's nota calendar schedule. It's it's a you
(05:40):
know, on that kind of approximatelyon the calendar when these things are going
to happen. But as we talkabout and we start this conversation, this
wee Kevin talking about BTK spraying andof course fighting fighting against the gypsy moth,
fighting against the spongy moth and thecaterpillars. It's really very much dependent
on dated day, region by region, even even parts of I was gonna
(06:03):
say county by county, but evenit's even more finite than that when you're
scheduling these when these these applications,it's a real science as to when the
optimal time to do this stuff is. And obviously at Ham's Arborcare, that's
something you guys, you guys areworking very very closely on as to what's
everybody going to be doing each dayand when is the best time uh to
(06:25):
apply this stuff for the for thecondition. Are there things before I want
to talk to you in just amoment about legacy trees, But before we
get to that, it's really quickas we're talking about different types of treatment,
things that homeowners should be looking atright now and kind of being aware
of it kind of maybe signs ofof of it's probably time to call in
arborous things that that might be cuesthat hey, something's not right right now
(06:46):
with a tree. Yeah, youknow, for homeowners, it might be
a time. You know, mostpeople can't spot dead wood in the trees
if they're not arborius, unless theleaves are on the tree and they start
to see, oh, yeah,I've got branches in there that aren't leafed
out. And so now this isthe time of year where people start to
(07:06):
see, okay, well most ofmy trees are leased out and this one
is having issue. It's the timeto see that. So if you get
out there and start looking at yourtrees, you might see that they need
to be cleaned up a little bit. Or the fungal diseases that we treat
for our fungicidal sprays, they kindof become noticed. You know, as
(07:29):
the summer progresses, you might seethese symptoms showing up on your trees.
Your crab apples start to drop theirleaves, the spruce trees are looking scanner.
Those our things to look for.But all through the summer here,
you know, if you haven't treatedyour ash tree, yeah, you probably
(07:53):
notice your ash tree is pretty deadnight, sure, and so if you've
had it treated in the past andyou've kind of lost touch with who treated
it, of course, then youyou still might have a viable tree that
we could get in there and takecare of. So keep us in mind
for that. Yeah. Something Kevin, something you've pointed out in the past
as well with ash trees and theemerald dash borer is this isn't gonna last
(08:16):
forever. Is this is not somethingthat eventually, as you pointed out,
they're going to run out of ofof trees to consume. And if you've
got to if you've got a treethat that you're caring for, that's been
that's been protected, that's not aforever thing. That's once those once the
E A B moves on, yourtree will be good and you'll actually have
(08:37):
one of the one of the oneof the suddenly becoming weird to think,
but a rare specimen of an ashtree here, Yeah, exactly, and
it will still be needed to betreated. Those treatments might elongate out a
little farther than two years. Butthey have found that the emerald dash boarder
does survive in other species well,we'll find, we'll find where they cross
(09:07):
over to in time. But andthen another another thing in the spring here
is look at your white oak treesin particular, Uh, if the leaves
appear to be yellow versus green,and and maybe you look if you look
closely at the least the vein agethat will will be dark green and in
(09:30):
between the veins will be like alight yellow or fading. And and that's
usually indicative of an iron deficiency ora manganese deficiency. And we do,
uh, you know, biochar treatmentsand iron treatments for those. So that's
something very noticeable in the spring.And those are obviously we talk about talk
(09:54):
about just beautiful trees. White oaksare absolutely amazing. And again, if
you've got questions or can cern as, it is a fine day to give
Kevin and the team at hams ArborKerra call eight sixty six five nine six
five three nine six. That's eightsix six five nine six five three nine
six. Don't take those trees forgranted. Make sure you're having them checked
on. And Kevin before we wrapup this week, a great opportunity,
(10:16):
I know, legacy trees and andof course a program you've been a part
of the past couple of years.It's a really really great way to get
a fantastic tree. And as wetalk about the importance of taking care of
trees, the Legacy Tree program involvesensuring that that tree gets a really,
(10:37):
really good start and we'll develop properlyand of course we'll be with you for
years and generations to come. Yeah, you know, we offer a five
year warranty with that, and youknow, we actually put it as a
different item on the on the workorder, but we highly recommend that you
do it because no one offers afive year warranty. And not only are
(11:00):
we going to warranty the replacement valueof the tree, but the maintenance of
it. We're gonna stop buy andtake a look at that tree and probably
touch it and do some training pruning. And so that's a huge benefit to
get that tree off to a goodstart, because you know a lot of
(11:22):
people can look back and go,you know, I planted that tree,
but I all of a sudden lookat it, you know, and it's
just kind of going wild. Andwe can help direct that tree and get
it off to a great structural start. And of course, with Legacy trees.
We're getting the root system off toa great structural start as well,
(11:43):
and that's it's what you don't seethat is really benefiting the long term value
of that tree and how it's goingto persist in the landscape over time.
As someone who lost a beautiful sugarmaple because when it was planted decades ago,
I didn't have that proper care initiallyand it just it ended up roading.
It was. It was so painfulto have to have that tree taken
(12:07):
down. One of the things weabsolutely loved when we when we were looking
at our house. And you don'twant that to happen. You don't want
that to be you. And that'sa great thing about whether it's working out
with hams Arborcare on legacy tree programs, or of course making sure that your
trees that you have now that areestablished, that they're going to be healthy
for a long time. So importantto have them checked out. Telephone number
eight sixty six five nine six fivethree nine six. That's eight six six
(12:30):
five nine six five three nine six. The website hams Arborcare dot com h
A m Msarborcare dot com. Kevin. It's always great chatting with you my
friend, you enjoy this beautiful day. Thank you, Sean. Take care
of news is on deck next hereon thirteen ten wib I
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