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  • Water Your Trees, How Much and When

    You should water your trees. Watering your tree can be the best treatment for improving tree health. But, watering improperly will provide zero or negative help to your trees and waste a valuable resource. The complicated part of knowing how much to water is recognizing that different trees have different needs and different planting sites…

  • Identifying Oak Wilt: the Challenges and the Solution

    A lot of what I have to say here is aimed at the challenges of diagnosing oak wilt. But, be patient, at the end I’ll tell you the best way to get the answer you need. According to research, diagnosis is the main factor that causes problems with management plans (Appel 1994). Let me tell…

  • Texas tree climbing competition in Austin, May 28-30, 2009

    2009 Texas Tree Climbing competition to be held in Govalle Park in Austin. Put on by the Texas chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture.

  • Creative tree trimming, the rules don’t always apply.

    Creative tree trimming, the rules don’t always apply. Most guidelines for tree pruning are built around the idea that all trees already have good health/structural-integrity and have good growing conditions. Well, let me tell you this is not normally the case. Many tree trimming calls I go on here in Austin, Texas require creative techniques…

  • Is my tree sick?

    There are a few tricks you should know that will clue you in to knowing if you have a sick tree. This article won’t help you make a full diagnosis, but it will give you some tools so you’ll know if you need to start being concerned about your trees. Written by board certified master…

  • What to do about a sick tree

    Reviving a sick tree is not simple. This article is geared to help you understand some of fundamentals for reviving sick trees. Written by board certified master arborist Keith Brown of Austin, TX.

  • Tree Pruning: volume 4, When to Prune Trees

    When is the best time to prune? Find out here. This is the 4th article in a tree pruning series written by Keith Brown, board certified master arborist in Austin, Texas.

  • Tree Pruning: volume 2, What to Prune on Trees

    Learn what you need to cut when pruning trees in Austin, TX. This is the second article in a series written by veteran tree pruner Keith Brown, board certified master arborist.

  • Tree Pruning: volume 1, Why to Prune Trees in Austin, TX

    Understanding why to prune a tree is extremely important. You can do everything by the books, but if you overall objectives aren’t aligned right you may do more harm than good. This is the first article in a volume about tree pruning written by veteran tree pruning Keith Brown, Board Certified Master Arborist.

  • Tree Pruning: volume 3, How to Prune Trees

    This is the third article in a tree pruning series. Learn what you need to know about how to make a proper cut: what tools you need and where to make the cut. Be sure to read the other volumes in the series.