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	<title>Austin Tree Experts Blog &#187; Sick Tree</title>
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		<title>Sick Pecan Trees of 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has been a terrible year for the pecan trees of Austin, TX. Quite a sad story I must say. The drought of 2008-2009 has been said to be the worst 2 year drought period in 60 years. It has taken a toll on the pecan trees for sure. This year we&#8217;ve cut down many [...]


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		<title>How to Grow Fruit Trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing healthy fruit trees can be very rewarding. There is nothing more satisfying than eating something you have grown yourself. However, fruit trees can be very frustrating. If you lose your crop, you miss out for the whole year. There are a number of things to consider when growing fruit trees. Here are some good [...]


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		<title>Cavity in Your Tree &#8211; Internal Decay</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wondered how a tree that is hollow on the inside can be alive, or have not fallen when the wood is hollow in the middle? Internal decay is a common phenomenon in trees. I wouldn&#8217;t call it good, but it is normal (i.e. very common). These cavities are caused by mother nature&#8217;s decay fungi. [...]


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		<title>Check List for a Tree Health Check-Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading a few articles online isn&#8217;t going to make you an arborist. But, if you insist on making your own diagnosis here is a good check list of things to look for. My preferred use of this info would be used as your tool for interviewing professionals. Here is a form you can print up. [...]


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		<title>Fall Color on Live Oak Trees? Senescence.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Live Oaks are semi-evergreen; so, why am I writing about fall color on a live oak? Sometimes live oaks will produce fall color. But, usually not in the fall. When it happens it&#8217;s in the winter. I was somewhere between Hamilton Pool and Johnson City driving between jobs when I ran across these shining examples. [...]


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		<title>Tree Struck by Lightning? What a Lightning Strike Really Looks Like.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s funny to me what gets &#8220;diagnosed&#8221; as lightning strikes. It seems to me the average homeowner thinks the only two afflictions known to trees are oak wilt and lightning. Hopefully, this simple post will shed some light for many of you wanting to know if your tree was struck by lightning, and if so, [...]


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		<title>Soil Restructuring.  An Important Part of Tree Care.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Soil restructuring is one of the most powerful tools we have for tree health management. The idea is to till the soil; improving its structure will allow valuable air and water to more easily penetrate the soil. While fundamental in gardening theory, this task is not easy at the scale of a large tree. One [...]


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		<title>Tree Fertilizer Part 1.  An Introduction.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fertilizing your tree will provide a big impact to the health of your tree in both the short term and long term. More than pruning, more than any other tree care service. There is a lot to know about tree fertilizers. This article is meant to be an introduction to tree fertilizer. I highly recommend [...]


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		<title>How Summer Heat Stress Affects Your Trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summer heat stress is one of the number one tree killers I run into. Okay, realistically no tree ever dies from just one problem, but rather a cumulative affect of many stress factors. Heat and drought stress are stress factor that almost all trees in the central Texas area deal with on an annual basis. [...]


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		<title>Is Ball Moss Killing My Tree?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get asked this question very often. Ball moss is something that we&#8217;ve all seen and are all familiar with, but there are still plenty of questions surrounding it and what it does. To answer the age old question, you need to understand what ball moss is and what it isn&#8217;t. It is not a [...]


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