Here's some links you may enjoy.
KESLICK AND SON MODERN ARBORICULTURE
My resume is at
http://mercury.ccil.org/~treeman/educat.html
Here are some links you may consider adding to your site. They are case
sensitive.
1. Techno Tree Biology Dictionary
http://www.treedictionary.com . Look up "logging".
2. Articles written by DR. ALEX L. SHIGO, one of the foremost authorities
worldwide on tree systems today online at
http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/shigo/index.html
3. Literature Available by Dr. Shigo is he
http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/treeinfo.html
4. Hard to get Documents
http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT20...get/index.html
If you have any suggestions please let me know. 610-864-5251
John A. Keslick, Jr.
Tree Biologist
http://mercury.ccil.org/~treeman/
Beware of so-called TREE EXPERTS who do not understand TREE BIOLOGY!
Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding us
that we are not the boss.
wrote in message
oups.com...
I just wondered if there was anything to do or check. This weeping
willow is maybe about 5 years old. Normally I don't do anything to it
and it grows like a weed. Maybe it was just a dry spring or something,
but this year, unlike any other year, or any other weeping willows
nearby, has just TONS of dead branches. Each one of the prunes in this
shot had zero leaves:
http://personal.bellsouth.net/d/r/dr...0-4060_IMG.JPG . A
lot of the branches, up to 3/4 in diameter were brittle and dry (only
right up against the trunk was there any moisture). This branch is the
biggest one I cut:
http://personal.bellsouth.net/d/r/dr...0-4061_IMG.JPG and
there were a few shoots near the base, but a few feet out, it would
crack in two by bending one time. But look at this pile I cut that had
zero leaves:
http://personal.bellsouth.net/d/r/dr...0-4064_IMG.JPG .
And that was just the ones I could reach. I scraped away the mulch and
didn't see any strangulation roots, which my wife read about. I looked
at the bark and there were these little 'boogers' on there. This is
the trunk:
http://personal.bellsouth.net/d/r/dr...0-4068_IMG.JPG .
And this is on a main branch that's about 3 1/2 inches in diameter:
http://personal.bellsouth.net/d/r/dr...0-4070_IMG.JPG .
I know these are some of the most hard to kill trees around, so unless
there's a clear problem ID and solution, I'll likely not do anything,
but I am curious about it, so if anyone has any ideas, I'd like to hear
'em. Thanks.
--Dale--