Summer 2010 Newsletter
Inside this Issue:
TLC Update
Critters & Cruds
Tree of the Quarter
Tree Care Tips - Give Your Trees TLC
Dear Friends and Fellow Tree Lovers
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TLC Update
Critters & Cruds
Tree of the Quarter
Tree Loving Care has been very blessed and we want to thank each and every one of you. If you have been pleased with our work, please tell others, if not, please tell us so we can correct it.
We had very good moisture early in the year and enough since then to keep everything going. In west Texas, you can’t ask for a lot more than that. The early rains have flushed out some of the salts that we tend to accumulate from our irrigation water. In most cases, not enough to completely solve soil problems, but it does help.
James Tuttle and Anthony Rivera went to the Tx Tree Climbing Championship in Plano last month. James was head judge and Anthony was a ground technician on the Aerial Rescue event. It was Anthony’s 4th competition and James’ 18th.
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Oak Wilt seems to be attacking more trees than usually this year. Perhaps it has some to do with having a little more rainfall the last couple of years and a resultant increase in root growth. We even have an outbreak of an Oak Wilt center that seems to have been dormant for 15 years.
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Southwest White Pine (Pinus strobiformis), which was grouped in with Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis) for many years, grows in the Davis Mountains and the Guadalupe Mountains of far SW Texas. It is a tall graceful tree. It is hard to find in nurseries, but well worth is if you can find it. I know that a local entomologist was growing some several years ago at their place in NM. It is quite drought tolerant and should do very well for us in most of the western half of Texas.
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Tree Care Tips - Give Your Trees TLC
The old saying about an ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure certainly applies to trees and the damage that can be caused by spring and summer thunderstorms. Split trees, broken limbs and lightning strikes can devastate a tree and once it happens, it is difficult to impossible to correct. Narrow crotches need to be cabled and/or braced. Heavy limbs may need to be lightened and lightning rods may need to be installed in high value trees. If you have these potential tree problems, please call the office at 785-TREE to set up an appointment with one of our Certified Arborists to assess the situation and prescribe a solution.
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Spring 2010 Newsletter
Inside this Issue:
TLC Update
Critters & Cruds
Tree of the Quarter
Tree Care Tips - Give Your Trees TLC
Dear Friends and Fellow Tree Lovers
TLC Update
Critters & Cruds
Elms are just beginning to flower and
will be in full leaf within a month. Elm
Leaf Beetle has been a huge problem
for the last several years. Apply a
systemic insecticide now so it has time to
translocate throughout the tree in time to
control this insect. Tree of the Quarter
The ice storm in late January was devastating to many trees. Live Oak and
Siberian Elm seem to have been the hardest hit. Live Oaks, because of being
evergreen and having all that leaf surface to catch ice, and elm, because they are
so brittle. Still, most breakage was at defects. Again, it shows the importance of
proper training when a tree is small. We appreciate everyone’s patience. We were
crushed by the onslaught of emergency work.
James Tuttle recently attended the Think Tree conference
in Albuquerque, NM. This was an excellent conference with
an emphasis on the root zone and different factors affecting
root growth.
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First, something that IS NOT a critter or crud is Live Oak
leaves falling. This really began in earnest the second week
of March and will continue for a month. This is completely normal. This is fall for
Live Oaks.
Western Soapberry, Sapindus
drummondi , is native to most
areas of Texas, including just off
the caprock in all directions. It
is a medium size tree, with very
little insect and disease problems
and very well adapted to our
soils. Once established, it should
almost never need supplemental
irrigation. This tree isn’t widely
available, but Tom’s Tree Place
does have some nice ones in
their growing grounds.
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Tree Care Tips - Give Your Trees TLC
Many people are saying ‘rain, rain go away’ but the moisture
this winter and spring has been wonderful for your trees and
all of the plants in your landscape. Many of our problems in
managing the landscape is because of the need for supplemental
watering which must be done with ground water. This water
has many dissolved minerals, which creates great imbalances
in the soil. TLC applies gypsum and other materials to help
this problem, but nothing beats Mother Nature. This rain will
flush out many of these minerals. The abundant rains will also
build a great reserve of deep soil moisture. That doesn’t mean
you won’t need to water at all, just not for a while. Our soils
will hold an inch or more of moisture and plants generally need
about that.
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03.31.2010. 10:19
Winter 2009 Newsletter
Inside this Issue:
Dear Friends and Fellow Tree Lovers
TLC Update
Critters & Cruds
Tree of the Quarter
Tree Care Tips - Give Your Trees TLC
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Dear Friends and Fellow Tree Lovers
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at Tree Loving Care. We have been very blessed this year and hope you have a very blessed holiday
season and coming year.
While you are out looking at Christmas lights, please come by to watch out animated display. We are 7 miles from Loop 289 on US 62 (Brownfield Hwy) just past Wolfforth. There are over 100,000 lights in the display and is animated to the music that also is broadcasted on our radio signal FM101.5.
TLC Update
Tree Loving Care is proud to announce the association of Heath Dean. Heath has over 10 years experience in arboriculture. David Rios will celebrate 10 years with Tree Loving Care this quarter. Thanks David.
James Tuttle will attend the 24th annual Think Tree
conference in Albuquerque, NM, in January. This conference is always an outstanding source of information on the latest advances in tree care.
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Critters & Cruds
We continue to have a problem with Eriococcus scale on Red Oaks. Dormant Oil is a good management tool for this critter as well as many other sap sucking critters can. We will
begin our dormant oil program the first or second week of January. Now that Bermuda grasses are dormant, winter weeds are flourishing. It is time to apply pre and post emergent herbicide on Bermuda lawns. Call us at 806.785.8733 to schedule an appointment today.
Tree of the Quarter
Alligator Juniper, Juniperus deppeana, is a small growing tree with blue/grey foliage. It grows in
far west Texas from the Guadalupe and Davis mountains up to central New Mexico. It is a common
tree near Ruidoso below 7000 ft elevation. These areas are all arid, with an average rainfall of less than 14 inches.
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Tree Care Tips - Give Your Trees TLC
Winter has traditionally been the season for pruning. There is nothing magical about the time, but we don't prune Oaks February through May. The structure of trees can be more easily seen. It is also easier to spot defects. Inspection of trees is
something that should be done every year at the minimum and after every big wind or ice storm. If you would like one of our Certified Arborists to inspect your trees, call 806.785.8733 to
set up an appointment.
We would be delighted to give your trees the TLC they need.
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12.23.2009. 05:00