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How not to plant a tree

Posted in Arboriculture, Miscellaneous, Plant management, Roots, Trees, tagged , , , , , , on July 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

This past week I had occasion to pass the same suburban Massachusetts middle school on two days in a row, and on each of those days my eyes goggled at the sight of a new planting on a slope facing the road.  The array of brown, grey, and coppery-red foliage — on the trees that [...]

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Root issues repost

Posted in Bare-root transplanting, Miscellaneous, Plant management, Root-washing, Roots, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on May 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Last year I worked on a large mall planting project.  A number of trees had to be pulled out to make way for a new parking layout; the islands they had been growing in were removed and paved over, with new islands located in a different configuration.  Most of the trees were hauled away by [...]

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Air tool transplant video

Posted in Air knife, Air spade, Air tool, Air tool transplanting, Arboriculture, Bare-root transplanting, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I just got a rough cut today of the video, shot last summer, of the moving of a very large (about 14″ caliper, 30′ height) London Plane Tree.  It’s taken a while to edit several hours of footage down to a half an hour, but it’s about done, and in the next few weeks I [...]

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Root washing in Sudbury

Posted in Arboriculture, Bare-root transplanting, Plant management, Root-washing, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In the fall of 2008 Carl Cathcart persuaded Cavicchio’s Greenhouses to wash the roots on a stressed B&B Quercus rubra (Red Oak), and to plant it in a spot where it might be able to settle in.  Carl sent me photos of the root-washing process, which I posted on Taking Place last summer.  He and [...]

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MAA Elm Bank workshop4 — root problems

Posted in Arboriculture, Bare-root transplanting, Massachusetts Arborists Association, Plant management, Shrubs, Trees, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »

At the MAA Elm Bank workshop on September 10, 2009, Matt Foti demonstrated how to address root problems at the time of planting.  He had a fairly large collection of trunk-and-root masses to illustrate his points, and used them to show how girdling roots, secondary root systems, and J-rooted systems can develop as a result [...]

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Air spade in action

Posted in Air knife, Air spade, Air tool, Air tool transplanting, Arboriculture, Bare-root transplanting, Plant management, Shrubs, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This past winter I developed plans for a couple of areas on the property belonging to my longest-standing and wonderfully enthusiastic clients, L. and A. on the North Shore. They have a lovely place on a rocky cliff overlooking Nahant Bay, and they enjoy making it even more beautiful and comfortable each year. They are [...]

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