Our 2018 Tree and Turf team |
We now have higher than normal volume from area residents giving us a call as well as emailing the team with their questions and concerns.
The new team got started back in early March with series of turf training classes taught by local University educator Rich Guggenheim.
New sod being cut and rolled up |
We followed the training classes up with field trip out to local DG turf farm.
There, the owner, John went through what it takes to run a turf farm and different
varieties of turf he has available.
Middleton fruit tree visit |
With the classes and field trip behind us, we were all eager
to get started. We had our first site visit out to Middleton to visit a local
resident that had many questions about her recently planted fruit trees. She
had many questions from watering schedules, to proper pruning and when to start
fertilizing. We spent a good couple hour answering her questions and looking at
each of her 20 trees individually for any unique issues or problems.
After the Middleton visit, we made dash down to south Nampa
to another site to check out some Spruces that were feeling the blues. The owner
had several Spruces that appeared to have dieback that was impacting his trees.
The team took several pictures and small clipping samples from couple of trees
to take back to office/lab for further evaluation. What's wrong with my trees blog Part 1
Here's Part 2 - The following Monday, the Turf/Tree team started
investigating possible causes to Spruce tree impact including hooking up
microscope to take closer look at needles. We also used several University
“.edu” web sites looking for clues. During our search a new client walked in
extension office door with very similar problem with her Spruce trees. After giving her what we believe was the answer to the problem with her Spruce
trees Rhizosphaera Needle Cast, we were also able to answer other
questions she had on turf maintenance and how to get rid of gophers. We put
together an email detailing each of her issues that was found thru Penn State and
Colorado State Extension web sites. She seemed thrilled at the quick response
to all her questions and concerns...and she left with a smile.