December 27, 2025 • 10 mins
Gary chats with Ron Wilson about the best time to plant a tree and shares some valuable tips on tree care. They discuss the importance of inspecting trees for signs of disease or damage after a windy season, and how to identify potential problems. Gary also talks about the benefits of using a certified arborist to ensure the health of your trees. Additionally, they touch on the topic of Christmas tree care, specifically how to plant a container tree in the ground after the holiday season.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, back in it we go.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Nineteen minutes after the top of the air.
Speaker 1 (00:03):
You're at home with Gary Salvan talking to Home Improvement.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
If you'd like to join us, grab a line. Lisa
will be with you in a minute. Right now, Ron Wilson, Yes,
our gardening.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Guys, I'm a gardening garden right now. There's not much
gardening going on many shanman are you?
Speaker 3 (00:21):
I'm good and you you I did, and there's gardening
going on. As a matter of fact, with it's sixty
six degrees today, I was gonna say if the if
the soil is workable, you can still got on a planet.
As a matter of fact, I will be digging a
hole to day to plant one more tree in our yard.
You are, I am and tree new but I'm gonna
plan a I'm gonna plant an exclamation London plane and
(00:46):
it's all that is. It's a sycamore tree, sort of
a hybrid and it's a more of an upright variety.
It's a really nice tree and they use it a
lot for street trees now, but it has that sycamore
bark and leaf and it's just really nice.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
But not for sure. You do a couple of river.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
No, River Birch. I leave those up to your neighbors.
We got a lot of them in the neighborhood too,
but none of them that blow into my yard like
they do into yours.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
A lot of branches down this year.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
What branches down on tree?
Speaker 1 (01:14):
From trees?
Speaker 3 (01:15):
Oh, we've hit a lot of wind. Yes, we had
up a lot of branches. Oh brand oh yeah, especially
from the River Birch.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Well, a couple of locusts too. Well.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Locals will do that too, but the River Birch always
likes to get rid of those little bitty branches.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
And I like that because I need another job to
do well.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
And you can pay your grandkids a penny apiece for
picking them up. They were all here, boy, but you
took advantage of that.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Well, they're getting older now.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
The penny and the dimes don't.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Work anymore anymore. Don't make it, mister shall begking does
sometimes begging and promises down the road.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
I found if you walk slow and kind of bent
over and fall down, and then they feel bad for
would you help grandpa do that?
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Sometimes I just fall down. I said, oh, can you
get that branch?
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Be careful? There's sympathetic, Yeah, but a man of your age, Yeah,
that's not a good thing to be just fake fall.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
You shouldn't do that. No, Plus I get mud on
my knees.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
How do you get back up? It's my question.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Hope, I'm near a tree.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Here's something. Put that hand on.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
There, you go.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
No, the pennies and nickels don't work. No, No, we
got to increase that. But no, there have been a
lot of branches have blown down this year in our neighborhood,
and fairly decent sized ones. I get the little twigs
and stuff, but uh, well, when it's windy, that's what happens.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
That's what that's good to clear them out. But you
know what, on a serious note here, and you're to
be kind of serious, when you have high winds, a
lot of high winds, it is good to go out
and we do the manage by walking around looking up
in those trees. Just see if you can see any
crack branches, things that are hanging down that could possibly
fall out of there in the next storm that comes through.
And don't go up there and get them yourself. Call
(03:03):
it certified arbors out to get I'm taken care of them.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
And when you see a lot of branches. I know
the wind. I mean, I'm not asking you why do
they fall because it's really windy, but are those they're
kind of the weakest link though, right. In some cases,
you know, the branches that fall, could they be diseased
or have problems.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Could be could be why? They could be an indicator
that there's a problem with the tree. Right, And if
you have a lot of them, I mean, my mom
has three huge pinnoaks. I'm talking. These things are one
hundred each side, one hundred branches go out one hundred feet.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Yeah, they're huge, and they're like you can't put two
arms around them. All that. Anyway, it always has a
lot of dead woods. About every two or three years
we have an arbist come in and clean out the
deadwood at the top. It just happens with a tree
of that size and that age. It's natural for them
to do that. So it's not diseased, not stressed. The
plants put out some new growth every year, so we
know it's okay. But in some cases, you're right, you know,
(04:00):
some trees, if they're starting to decline like that, that
can be an indicator is a problem. So you know,
if you do see that and the tree doesn't look
right during the growing season, I would probably have and
you should anyway, but have an arborist come out and
take a look at it, just to be sure everything's good.
But some trees just naturally carry a lot of dead wood.
(04:21):
We're talking about that sycamore. They do too, those smaller branches.
All of a sudden, you see them falling out everywhere.
It just kind of comes with that tree. But it
is good to walk around and just take a look,
and if you're concerned, get that certified arbist out, not
just a tree trimor, but the certified arborist to come
out to look at them.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Sure, hey, I you mentioned planning a tree. Do baldon
burlap Christmas trees? Are those still a big thing? Little thing,
very little thing.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Not like they used to be? Okay, And I think
what you do see when folks want to give that
a try, they're working with the ones that are in
the containers. And so if they're in a fifteen twenty
twenty five gallon container, obviously a smaller tree, but easier
to take inside an end back out.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Against the hardest part.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Yeah, So there's a few balder laps out there, but
not as much. Mostly container and that that that business
is kind of it's still there, but not as popular
as it was back you know, seventies, early eighties, you
know everybody was doing that to try.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Yeah, we did one. Well, we first got our house,
our second house, kids were really young, and we got
a you know, a baldenbur lap live tree. And you know,
I guess you know people are really putting up their
Christmas decorations in trees so early in the year. I mean,
it doesn't work before Thanksgiving and you're really limited what
(05:43):
seven to ten days in a heated home exactly for
a container tree. And that was my point. If people
have that, should that be outside like now, I mean
it's warm where we're at frozen be a good time
to get it out.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
Absolutely, I should say it's a ten or two seven
to ten to two, okay, two days in the garage
to acclimate, seven to ten days in the house, two
days back into the garage plant it.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Yep.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
And I have never had the ground in our area
Gary be frozen enough after any Christmas that I couldn't
get out and plant.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Yeah wait a week you know, Yeah, so it's not.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
You know it. You're right. And if you take two
bags of mulch and lay it on the ground where
you're gonna plant this thing, keeps it warm, keeps it warm,
doesn't freeze. You just take the bags off, you dig
the hole, you use doo pine fines and that way
you can use it as a soil amendment and as
a top dressing grounds. Thought you plant it, But here's
the key. You still have to water it in. So
(06:42):
when you're all said and done, you gotta have to
drag the hose out there or five gallon buckets water
that thing in really well. Uh and and go from there.
And if we have a dry January February, give it
a five gallon shot once a month just to make
sure we got good moisture in that root ball and
uh and then take it from there. But again, two keys.
One is planning it when you're done and keeping it
(07:03):
in the house for a minimal amount of time and
you'll be successful.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Hey, I got a question for you. I meant to
ask you this last week. A buddy of mine has
a lawn service. Does is fertilizing and we'd prevention whatever
else they do. And I guess because of the snows
that we had what was at the beginning of December.
They didn't get their winter rice feeding, and they wanted
(07:30):
to come out this week to do that. No, that's
what I thought, I said, I don't think so. I'm
telling them, you want you long be back if you
paid it in advance.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
Or put a credit over to next year something. Yeah,
but don't I know at this stage it would just
sit there, right, and it's not going to do you
any good. Yeah, grass has gone dormant. It's not going
to take it up. If the ground's frozen at all,
that's you don't put it on frozen.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Ground, right, So I thought that sounded weird.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
Was let it ride come back in the springtime, take
a look at it. Uh, you know, you still may
be okay, you may do a mid spring feeding for
the one you miss, but don't do it now.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
All right. I was thinking, That's kind of what I
told him. I sold, I don't think i'd do it.
But as you knew specialists, you knew, you knew.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
Hey, have a great New Year's even New Year's Day.
We'll talk to you in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Very good, Happy New Year, roun.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
I take care, Take care, bye bye. We'll continue. Lisa,
you're a first. You're at home with Gary Sullivans.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
Start a project and don't know how to finish it.
Call Gary at one eight hundred and eighty two three talk.
You're at home with Gary Solivaner.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
I've used this product because my washer smelled terrible, and
let me tell you it worked great. Hi, Gary Sullivan here,
Now my water's crystal clear. I've got real peace of
mind with Awesome Watercare. Their products remove all the hidden gunk, biofilm,
bacteria and build up from hot tubs, jetted tubs, swim spots,
even washers and dishwashers. If you want your water system spotless,
(09:21):
check out awesome dot com spelled ahh som dot com.
You'll see and smell the difference.
Speaker 4 (09:28):
So what can make your winter easier to deal with?
The answer is Blasters, Industrial strengths, silicon lubricn. It's perfect
for snowshovels, snowblowers, and it'll keep snow from sticking and clogging.
You can use it on car doors window gaskets to
keep them from sticking in Hey, s, let's go super
fast too. It reduces friction while preventing rust. Enjoy this
(09:48):
winter and grab a can of Blaster Industrial Strengths Silicon
lubricn out a home out of our hardware store near
you and always use Blaster products and work out like
a pro.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
For over forty years. Demond his Ma a powerful pain
coding removers that are tough on layers but save for
you in the environment.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Try Demand smart Strip Advanced. It works on over ninety
percent of the coatings.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
No harmful fumes, no dangerous chemicals. Not sure what you're
removing well, Demon's easy.
Speaker 4 (10:14):
Test kid tells you exactly what you need.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Find smart Strip at you're participating do it best.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Retailer Sherwin Williams are Visit Dumont Global dot com. That's
Dumont Global dot Com.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
Dumont Smart, safe and proven, So do it yourself with
Demand Gary Solvent here for the Zalar pump company.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
Zalor leads the way in some pumps and battery backup
systems with continuous innovation.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
Now you can see the light with their led plug
illuminating Zalor green when the power is present.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
You no longer have to wonder if your someppump has power.
The plug is always illuminated when power is present Check
it out today on the popular Zlar Model sixty three
and M fifty three. Go to zalarpumps dot com the
located factory certified installer in your area. Zalarpumps dot com
All right, back in it we go.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Nineteen minutes after the top of the air.
Speaker 1 (00:03):
You're at home with Gary Salvan talking to Home Improvement.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
If you'd like to join us, grab a line. Lisa
will be with you in a minute. Right now, Ron Wilson, Yes,
our gardening.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Guys, I'm a gardening garden right now. There's not much
gardening going on many shanman are you?
Speaker 3 (00:21):
I'm good and you you I did, and there's gardening
going on. As a matter of fact, with it's sixty
six degrees today, I was gonna say if the if
the soil is workable, you can still got on a planet.
As a matter of fact, I will be digging a
hole to day to plant one more tree in our yard.
You are, I am and tree new but I'm gonna
plan a I'm gonna plant an exclamation London plane and
(00:46):
it's all that is. It's a sycamore tree, sort of
a hybrid and it's a more of an upright variety.
It's a really nice tree and they use it a
lot for street trees now, but it has that sycamore
bark and leaf and it's just really nice.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
But not for sure. You do a couple of river.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
No, River Birch. I leave those up to your neighbors.
We got a lot of them in the neighborhood too,
but none of them that blow into my yard like
they do into yours.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
A lot of branches down this year.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
What branches down on tree?
Speaker 1 (01:14):
From trees?
Speaker 3 (01:15):
Oh, we've hit a lot of wind. Yes, we had
up a lot of branches. Oh brand oh yeah, especially
from the River Birch.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Well, a couple of locusts too. Well.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Locals will do that too, but the River Birch always
likes to get rid of those little bitty branches.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
And I like that because I need another job to
do well.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
And you can pay your grandkids a penny apiece for
picking them up. They were all here, boy, but you
took advantage of that.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Well, they're getting older now.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
The penny and the dimes don't.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Work anymore anymore. Don't make it, mister shall begking does
sometimes begging and promises down the road.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
I found if you walk slow and kind of bent
over and fall down, and then they feel bad for
would you help grandpa do that?
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Sometimes I just fall down. I said, oh, can you
get that branch?
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Be careful? There's sympathetic, Yeah, but a man of your age, Yeah,
that's not a good thing to be just fake fall.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
You shouldn't do that. No, Plus I get mud on
my knees.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
How do you get back up? It's my question.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Hope, I'm near a tree.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Here's something. Put that hand on.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
There, you go.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
No, the pennies and nickels don't work. No, No, we
got to increase that. But no, there have been a
lot of branches have blown down this year in our neighborhood,
and fairly decent sized ones. I get the little twigs
and stuff, but uh, well, when it's windy, that's what happens.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
That's what that's good to clear them out. But you
know what, on a serious note here, and you're to
be kind of serious, when you have high winds, a
lot of high winds, it is good to go out
and we do the manage by walking around looking up
in those trees. Just see if you can see any
crack branches, things that are hanging down that could possibly
fall out of there in the next storm that comes through.
And don't go up there and get them yourself. Call
(03:03):
it certified arbors out to get I'm taken care of them.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
And when you see a lot of branches. I know
the wind. I mean, I'm not asking you why do
they fall because it's really windy, but are those they're
kind of the weakest link though, right. In some cases,
you know, the branches that fall, could they be diseased
or have problems.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Could be could be why? They could be an indicator
that there's a problem with the tree. Right, And if
you have a lot of them, I mean, my mom
has three huge pinnoaks. I'm talking. These things are one
hundred each side, one hundred branches go out one hundred feet.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Yeah, they're huge, and they're like you can't put two
arms around them. All that. Anyway, it always has a
lot of dead woods. About every two or three years
we have an arbist come in and clean out the
deadwood at the top. It just happens with a tree
of that size and that age. It's natural for them
to do that. So it's not diseased, not stressed. The
plants put out some new growth every year, so we
know it's okay. But in some cases, you're right, you know,
(04:00):
some trees, if they're starting to decline like that, that
can be an indicator is a problem. So you know,
if you do see that and the tree doesn't look
right during the growing season, I would probably have and
you should anyway, but have an arborist come out and
take a look at it, just to be sure everything's good.
But some trees just naturally carry a lot of dead wood.
(04:21):
We're talking about that sycamore. They do too, those smaller branches.
All of a sudden, you see them falling out everywhere.
It just kind of comes with that tree. But it
is good to walk around and just take a look,
and if you're concerned, get that certified arbist out, not
just a tree trimor, but the certified arborist to come
out to look at them.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Sure, hey, I you mentioned planning a tree. Do baldon
burlap Christmas trees? Are those still a big thing? Little thing,
very little thing.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Not like they used to be? Okay, And I think
what you do see when folks want to give that
a try, they're working with the ones that are in
the containers. And so if they're in a fifteen twenty
twenty five gallon container, obviously a smaller tree, but easier
to take inside an end back out.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Against the hardest part.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Yeah, So there's a few balder laps out there, but
not as much. Mostly container and that that that business
is kind of it's still there, but not as popular
as it was back you know, seventies, early eighties, you
know everybody was doing that to try.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Yeah, we did one. Well, we first got our house,
our second house, kids were really young, and we got
a you know, a baldenbur lap live tree. And you know,
I guess you know people are really putting up their
Christmas decorations in trees so early in the year. I mean,
it doesn't work before Thanksgiving and you're really limited what
(05:43):
seven to ten days in a heated home exactly for
a container tree. And that was my point. If people
have that, should that be outside like now, I mean
it's warm where we're at frozen be a good time
to get it out.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
Absolutely, I should say it's a ten or two seven
to ten to two, okay, two days in the garage
to acclimate, seven to ten days in the house, two
days back into the garage plant it.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Yep.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
And I have never had the ground in our area
Gary be frozen enough after any Christmas that I couldn't
get out and plant.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Yeah wait a week you know, Yeah, so it's not.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
You know it. You're right. And if you take two
bags of mulch and lay it on the ground where
you're gonna plant this thing, keeps it warm, keeps it warm,
doesn't freeze. You just take the bags off, you dig
the hole, you use doo pine fines and that way
you can use it as a soil amendment and as
a top dressing grounds. Thought you plant it, But here's
the key. You still have to water it in. So
(06:42):
when you're all said and done, you gotta have to
drag the hose out there or five gallon buckets water
that thing in really well. Uh and and go from there.
And if we have a dry January February, give it
a five gallon shot once a month just to make
sure we got good moisture in that root ball and
uh and then take it from there. But again, two keys.
One is planning it when you're done and keeping it
(07:03):
in the house for a minimal amount of time and
you'll be successful.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Hey, I got a question for you. I meant to
ask you this last week. A buddy of mine has
a lawn service. Does is fertilizing and we'd prevention whatever
else they do. And I guess because of the snows
that we had what was at the beginning of December.
They didn't get their winter rice feeding, and they wanted
(07:30):
to come out this week to do that. No, that's
what I thought, I said, I don't think so. I'm
telling them, you want you long be back if you
paid it in advance.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
Or put a credit over to next year something. Yeah,
but don't I know at this stage it would just
sit there, right, and it's not going to do you
any good. Yeah, grass has gone dormant. It's not going
to take it up. If the ground's frozen at all,
that's you don't put it on frozen.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Ground, right, So I thought that sounded weird.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
Was let it ride come back in the springtime, take
a look at it. Uh, you know, you still may
be okay, you may do a mid spring feeding for
the one you miss, but don't do it now.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
All right. I was thinking, That's kind of what I
told him. I sold, I don't think i'd do it.
But as you knew specialists, you knew, you knew.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
Hey, have a great New Year's even New Year's Day.
We'll talk to you in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Very good, Happy New Year, roun.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
I take care, Take care, bye bye. We'll continue. Lisa,
you're a first. You're at home with Gary Sullivans.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
Start a project and don't know how to finish it.
Call Gary at one eight hundred and eighty two three talk.
You're at home with Gary Solivaner.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
I've used this product because my washer smelled terrible, and
let me tell you it worked great. Hi, Gary Sullivan here,
Now my water's crystal clear. I've got real peace of
mind with Awesome Watercare. Their products remove all the hidden gunk, biofilm,
bacteria and build up from hot tubs, jetted tubs, swim spots,
even washers and dishwashers. If you want your water system spotless,
(09:21):
check out awesome dot com spelled ahh som dot com.
You'll see and smell the difference.
Speaker 4 (09:28):
So what can make your winter easier to deal with?
The answer is Blasters, Industrial strengths, silicon lubricn. It's perfect
for snowshovels, snowblowers, and it'll keep snow from sticking and clogging.
You can use it on car doors window gaskets to
keep them from sticking in Hey, s, let's go super
fast too. It reduces friction while preventing rust. Enjoy this
(09:48):
winter and grab a can of Blaster Industrial Strengths Silicon
lubricn out a home out of our hardware store near
you and always use Blaster products and work out like
a pro.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
For over forty years. Demond his Ma a powerful pain
coding removers that are tough on layers but save for
you in the environment.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Try Demand smart Strip Advanced. It works on over ninety
percent of the coatings.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
No harmful fumes, no dangerous chemicals. Not sure what you're
removing well, Demon's easy.
Speaker 4 (10:14):
Test kid tells you exactly what you need.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Find smart Strip at you're participating do it best.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Retailer Sherwin Williams are Visit Dumont Global dot com. That's
Dumont Global dot Com.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
Dumont Smart, safe and proven, So do it yourself with
Demand Gary Solvent here for the Zalar pump company.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
Zalor leads the way in some pumps and battery backup
systems with continuous innovation.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
Now you can see the light with their led plug
illuminating Zalor green when the power is present.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
You no longer have to wonder if your someppump has power.
The plug is always illuminated when power is present Check
it out today on the popular Zlar Model sixty three
and M fifty three. Go to zalarpumps dot com the
located factory certified installer in your area. Zalarpumps dot com
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