No Cure for my Tree? How many times have you read about a Tree Condition or Infection, and when you reach the end of the article you are told there is "no treatment" for that problem? What does that really mean? Do a search on things like... Boxwood Decline,...
John Walters
All Articles
The Free Love Arborists Get….
The Arborist's Free Pass I've been in PHC for 37 years. In the field, not the office. I've learned a few things, and recognized some areas for improvement this is just one I think we need to be mindful of. Trees hold a very unique place in the hearts of people...
Mistletoe
Mistletoe: Not all Love and Romance... Southern Mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum) is a species of mistletoe native to the southeastern United States, though it can be found in other parts of the country as well. Like other mistletoe...
Getting Harder to be a Tree Right Now…
Another season, another extreme event. It's not easy being a Tree right now, not here. Just when things were looking up, we start consistently staying above 105 degrees... What can you do to help your trees through it? I have a few suggestions here, to really make a...
The Ice Storm and Your Trees
Another Storm, is it February again? Storms like the latest one show us that there are changes in our environment and they are having an impact on our lives, as well as the lives of our trees. We have to adapt. In the Rocky Mountain Pine Beatle invasion 10 years ago...
Is it Really Crepe Murder?
For many years I have heard the over used term "Crepe Murder" It's a reference to an old technique (Pollarding) that Europeans used when they needed to produce a lot of smaller branches for baskets, or kindling wood. It is looked down on by every self anointed expert...
Southern Pine Beetle is Back…
One thing that Trees are good at is taking their time. They grow slowly, they change slowly, and they react slowly, (what I wouldn't do to have that attribute). Whatever they look like now is really just a reflection of how they felt 6 months to a year ago. If it was...
Soil is Where the Process Starts
When clients ask how my approach is different, and why it works, I usually point them to the soil. That's where the bulk of my work is done. You see the soil is the pantry, (which is where we all keep food). If the soil isn't healthy, there is no way the plant is...
Organic Care is Proactive Care
In Tree Care, Organic solutions are an entirely different approach. It's not like you just change the products you are using, and you're Organic. You have to change the whole approach. You have to go from a "reactive" approach,...
Black Crepe Myrtles
Crepe Myrtle Bark Scale, where it came from or how it moves doesn't matter, the result is always the same. The Crepe Myrtle bark, leaves (and anything under it) are turning black. CMBS, is a relatively new problem, I first saw it in Houston 18 years ago. Now it's...
Stop the Growth of Your Tree.
For anyone that's watched their kids grow up there's always a period we wish we could've frozen in time. When everything was just right. Imagine how great they would've been in 5th grade if they stayed longer. They would've perfected themselves for that period of...
Irrigation – Not enough for Trees
Mark Twain once said, "whiskeys' for drinking, waters' for fighting" here in the ATX Metro area it may come to that... we have added around 30% more people in the last 10 years and 0% new water reserviors. That's probably not a good thing. Water becomes a more...