A common tree in our area but it has some difficulties that many clients have a hard time dealing with. Also, a bit of high speed stump grinding with the Alpine!
Thank you for this video! I found out I have a canary island pine on my property... luckily not over where I park! For pine trees in southern california should I be watering them or should I assume the taproots are doing their job if they got this big + leave em alone?
Canaries .....uh!... lived with them all my life here in Santa Barbara. The ones I inherited on my property were planted in the 20's and are up there about 100'. The rosen/pitch is a bitch! The needles while nice mulch are really water resistant and will make compost hydrophobic for lack of a better term. The tree structure harvests fog to drip well like a redwood , The cones can be rocks but went open are a classic cone good for decoration or dandy fire. starters! Their pine nuts are tasty as well but you got to work for em! They are hardy and long lived but the beetles will get them sometimes and it happens quick lots of times from bozos climbing with spikes who strip and hole the the bark making easy entry for the beetles all over the tree. God will prune them for fog drippers but a wise tree man can make them tolerable by thinning them out and they seem not to sprout out to bad from the trim job.
Elffirr Design: That was a pretty good overview. I used to visit SB area for the book stores, state park beach camps, the mission, and to show people the giantic moreton bay fig at the RR station.
@@arboristBlairGlenn great videos, your an inspiration. I should have figured silicon valley, Western hills of beautiful oaks. If you drive by Colfax, I'd like to show you our high school mill and woodshop
we have these same (god awful city tree planning and plantings) ... and pine cones that the squirrels contantly chew up for the seeds leaving the pine cob all over. Constantly shedding worse than dandruff on a feral dog ... Spring pollen is insanely horrendous for spring pollen fever and colds. Dont know who was the D-A who put these in for the city (as well as the continued planting of palm trees !!!!) but we suffer thereafter. These need to remain on the island !
These days I'm allergic to the air and whatever makes me ill is not natural. I think the trees are the least of our problems. There are not many trees that don't have some drawback. Kinda like people.
Have you found that arborists are consulted by developers before trees are chosen or planted? And what is the point in placing trees in holes in a parking lot? Another good video, so keep 'em coming
Provide shade to the cars, and provide some visual interest. Those trees probably grew for 20 years, that's not infinite potential but the benefits could outweigh the costs in that kind of time frame.
Why plant trees in a parking lot???!!!!!! When I see a parking lot without trees I ask who could create such a sterile, nasty landscape. Choose the right trees and a permeable area around to allow water to infiltrate and you have birds in your car park and shade.
I'd rather look out on those trees than a carpark. They can't affect that many parking places and at only one period in the year. Heck there are some tree haters here who don't see that you can make accomodations.
Boy, I was digging on the music, made me want to get up and do some swing dancing ! :-) By the way, I really don't like those types of pines, but to each his own. Thanks for sharing and take care.
got a similar pine here in michigan where the cones and needles point up and the needles are very sturdy and sharply pointed which is very dangerous (got one in the eye once).the pollen is awful like this pine. it gets everywhere ,halls apt. ,all over the sidewalks and streets.the worst part is like tracking in mud you track in the pollen dust. WHY ANYONE WOULD PLANT THESE KINDS OF PINES IS BEYOND ME!
Thank you for all your video's. What brought your attention to the hallow root system on that one pine? I'm sure you don't go around stomping the base of every tree. Thanks, Bill in Canada
As pine trees go, it is a handsome tree. While I understand the draw backs associated with this specie, I also appreciate the visual beauty. Life is a series of trade offs.
the weeping foliage makes them look quite tropical.
Thank you for this video! I found out I have a canary island pine on my property... luckily not over where I park! For pine trees in southern california should I be watering them or should I assume the taproots are doing their job if they got this big + leave em alone?
That Alpine is just the ticket. I believe that your intro to the Alpine stump grinder was the first of your videos I watched. Good times...
Canaries .....uh!... lived with them all my life here in Santa Barbara. The ones I inherited on my property were planted in the 20's and are up there about 100'. The rosen/pitch is a bitch! The needles while nice mulch are really water resistant and will make compost hydrophobic for lack of a better term. The tree structure harvests fog to drip well like a redwood , The cones can be rocks but went open are a classic cone good for decoration or dandy fire. starters! Their pine nuts are tasty as well but you got to work for em! They are hardy and long lived but the beetles will get them sometimes and it happens quick lots of times from bozos climbing with spikes who strip and hole the the bark making easy entry for the beetles all over the tree. God will prune them for fog drippers but a wise tree man can make them tolerable by thinning them out and they seem not to sprout out to bad from the trim job.
Elffirr Design: That was a pretty good overview.
I used to visit SB area for the book stores, state park beach camps, the mission, and to show people the giantic moreton bay fig at the RR station.
Was that a Masaratti in the parking lot at the start of the video? Who would park a car like that under a pine.
Jonathan Schwartz high end cars are so common in Silicon Valley that I don’t even notice
@@arboristBlairGlenn great videos, your an inspiration. I should have figured silicon valley, Western hills of beautiful oaks. If you drive by Colfax, I'd like to show you our high school mill and woodshop
Jonathan Schwartz A high school with a mill? I’m impressed! Send me some photos to blairglenn@gmail.com
So, five years later, did the tree at 2:50 become a hazard?
would they hybridise with other pinus species due to the huge amount of pollen they produce?
we have these same (god awful city tree planning and plantings) ... and pine cones that the squirrels contantly chew up for the seeds leaving the pine cob all over. Constantly shedding worse than dandruff on a feral dog ... Spring pollen is insanely horrendous for spring pollen fever and colds. Dont know who was the D-A who put these in for the city (as well as the continued planting of palm trees !!!!) but we suffer thereafter. These need to remain on the island !
These days I'm allergic to the air and whatever makes me ill is not natural. I think the trees are the least of our problems. There are not many trees that don't have some drawback. Kinda like people.
John Lord sometimes a client asks me to recommend a clean tree. Uhh--
Have you found that arborists are consulted by developers before trees are chosen or planted? And what is the point in placing trees in holes in a parking lot? Another good video, so keep 'em coming
Provide shade to the cars, and provide some visual interest. Those trees probably grew for 20 years, that's not infinite potential but the benefits could outweigh the costs in that kind of time frame.
Why plant trees in a parking lot???!!!!!! When I see a parking lot without trees I ask who could create such a sterile, nasty landscape. Choose the right trees and a permeable area around to allow water to infiltrate and you have birds in your car park and shade.
John Asumaa agreed!
John Asumaa developers don't care
www.localecologist.org/2009/10/cooling-parking-lots-trees-face.html
www.ecology.com/2011/09/13/air-tree/
You'd think there'd be enough complaints from the tenants that the trees would be removed all together. Thanks for the video.
I'd rather look out on those trees than a carpark. They can't affect that many parking places and at only one period in the year. Heck there are some tree haters here who don't see that you can make accomodations.
Boy, I was digging on the music, made me want to get up and do some swing dancing ! :-)
By the way, I really don't like those types of pines, but to each his own.
Thanks for sharing and take care.
got a similar pine here in michigan where the cones and needles point up and the needles are very sturdy and sharply pointed which is very dangerous (got one in the eye once).the pollen is awful like this pine. it gets everywhere ,halls apt. ,all over the sidewalks and streets.the worst part is like tracking in mud you track in the pollen dust.
WHY ANYONE WOULD PLANT THESE KINDS OF PINES IS BEYOND ME!
I'll have to add the "basil stomp check" to my TRAQ protocol.😉 Seriously, that a good idea. Also, love the swing music.
Thank you for all your video's. What brought your attention to the hallow root system on that one pine? I'm sure you don't go around stomping the base of every tree. Thanks, Bill in Canada
As pine trees go, it is a handsome tree. While I understand the draw backs associated with this specie, I also appreciate the visual beauty. Life is a series of trade offs.
bluemtnsman and that is why we are pruning to minimize risks
i think im going to wait until the HD is ready haha.
How long do they live?
70+ years. Mine as old as I am. Just cut it down. Couldn't take the needles and dropping cones anymore.
That lil stump grinder attachment is awesome! what was that saw an 051?
Alex Matthews called an Alpine, saw motor is larger than that.
arboristBlairGlenn Ill look into it they look handy, thanks!
Awesome work!! And maybe put some shelters up under the trees 🌲 instead of cutting them down cost more money but would save the lovely trees!
Not sure what you mean by shelter.Can you explain?
It looks like you ground fairly deep . How deep do you recommend grinding a stump?
Charles Lambeth depends on the need
Eegood choice of music!
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