Well, things
aren’t slowing down for Tree and Turf team this season. After the earliest
start for team back in March, the newly combined team has been meeting weekly at
Caldwell Extension office going through new client call-ins, emails and walk-ins.
We’ve stayed busy researching through numerous education web sites, reading
through extension office library books to come up with best answers to help
with client’s questions. A good part of
weekly meeting involves research and follow ups with clients.
LISA Training |
Setting out measuring cups |
then measuring each cup |
Watering for a set amount of time |
The service is reasonably priced at $20.00 per call. The overall time to do the whole service at the client’s place is about an hour.
What we have seen lately are clients calling a professional landscape person to help in planting a new tree into their yard. Then a short time later [4 to 12 months], the tree starts the slow die-off process because it was improperly planted. They then call the Extension Office asking "Why is my tree dying?". Notice the triangle wires sticking out of the ground, this is part of wire basket in which the tree was shipped.⇓
We’ve had
several clients call in the past month where landscaper dug too small of hole
for that size tree. Then just rolled the root ball wrapped in burlap sack along with
thick wire basket into hole. This didn’t allow roots to grow and be healthy,
instead the roots were stuck in very small space and tree started slow death.
This is what
you want to remove before putting your tree root into the ground: All of the Wire rack
and burlap sack ⇒⇒
I’ve
included a couple of very good Education web sites that show the proper way to plant new trees and a good maintenance schedule to help your tree stay healthy.
Monday
is just around the corner for us with more new client questions to research
for right answers.
So, until next month, keep on digging!
The Tree and
Turf Team