@@arboristBlairGlenn True, but it is harder to use for referencing. If I wanted to know about the decay resistance of ulmus parviflora, I'd have a pretty hard time finding the information on your channel. Unless I took notes, which I could but I'm hopeless.
@@arboristBlairGlenn The problem with RUclips videos is that they will only be around for as long as Google chooses to keep RUclips alive, or until Google go out of business. Unless people pirate them and keep them elsewhere. In addition, if you read the fine print, a number of online media sites retain ownership of all posts after an account is closed, or becomes dormant. Google used to say that an account can be closed down permanently after 18 months of inactivity. Thus, after a site creator dies, its existence depends upon the subsequent maintainers to keep it alive. Some people create sites so that their descendants can keep their memory alive, but when someone goes to visit it a couple of years after the creator's death, they have been disappointed to learn that the channel no longer exists. This transience of electronic data is a very real problem for many people, because not everything is retained in archive.com. And archive.com is also subject to the whims of private donations and the decisions of archivists about whether to keep or delete data. Books, on the other hand, will survive for much longer than a century, even when printed on modern acidic paper. And they can be printed, published and read, by almost anyone.
There are many RUclips tree guys out there all adding their own particular flavours to the pot of knowledge from experience. The majority of them are entertaining, informative adding tips n tricks, as well as a look at their particular workday in their part of the world but your presentations i sit n watch with a mug of coffee and I can truly say my heart rate lowers after watching and it has a calming effect on me overall. The vistas are beautiful despite what youve all been through with the devastation of all the fires. Heres hoping folks can rebuild and recover from all of that loss. Keep doing what you do Blair cos I'm sure I'm not alone in appreciating your efforts. 🎄
Hi Patrick, have not heard from you in a while. Hope all is well for you on your side of the country. Been crazy over on the West Coast. Weather like we have not seen before. Power outages lasting for up to 9 days for us. Be safe my friend
I appreciate this. This is very informative and easy to digest. I've been thinking about trying to become a climbing arborist for a tree service company. I've spent most of my adult life as a mechanic and want to try something different. I can certainly understand your viewpoints about trees and loving the interaction with them. I really hope that I'll get in with a good crew. Thank you for your videos and your interactions with your audience. It is very helpful to actually be able to discuss things.
I really enjoy your videos, especially the longer ones. I always learn something new. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I bet the early color change is related to stress, probably water stress.
Great video. Rich content. Nothing like listening to a long-experienced, conscientious professional arborist (or any profession for that matter) talk about what he loves. Also like Reg and August.
Very good video Blair. I enjoyed watching it. It was nice to see an update on the huge live oak you cut to a tall stump. It's great to see how well it's trying to resprout itself.
Helo Glenn, greetings. Thank you so much for the great video. So glad to hear your corner of paradise was spared from the fires. A good friend of mine s mom ( 91 years old) lost EVERYTHING in the Oregon fires.... i can't imagine!!! All The best to you and yours from Buffalo, NY.
I find your videos very interesting and educational. Our trees are much smaller then yours but they still need the same care. Thanks for the informative video! I watch all your videos. I hope you never leave the forest. I came from the Tiger Hills N of Baldur Manitoba on a mixed farm with mostly Bur Oak and popular. We raised cows and pigs as well as grain. I with I could move back there. The house is still standing but in poor condition as no one.moved in after we left in 1975 when dad retired and moved to Brandon. I wish I could send some pics. It was very colerful in the fall.
My father owned a ranch when I was young and I have very fond memories of that place. He had health issues and had to sell it when I was 12. I went back years later and a new house exists where the old 1880's ranch house was. Met the new owner and he informed me that he built some of his new house with the old growth redwood from the old house I lived in. He said, see that front door? That came from your house!" made me feel like a bit of my childhood home is living on.
Enteral cleaning is so important for so many trees, willows, etc. They can be so beautiful when properly done to let the wind come thru for weaker limbs.
sharktooth17 video is an amazing medium for teaching. Having a mindset to capture these pieces of understanding is my challenge. Sometimes I think I get it right. Thank you.
DEmersonJMFM that is hard to put into a “how to” video because each species has unique differences. Some are strong, some are prone to breakage, some develop heavy seeds or fruit, and past pruning causes regrowth that can lead to failures.
@@arboristBlairGlenn Maybe not strictly a "how to" but you've touched many important points that could be useful. I mention this because I was recently pruning a Texas Lilac that was partially uprooted due to a hurricane and I was up there considering which branches would be the best to remove to better stabilize the tree, reduce wind influence, and not negatively affect the tree. I'm always up for more information about trees in general, though species can't be ignored of course.
@@arboristBlairGlenn This seemed like a pretty good "how to" video as far as what you discussed! :) .... maybe not comprehensive or exhaustive at all, but very helpful and worthwhile nevertheless! Thanks!
matt whittle the forest is a church for many. Feeling the completeness of life and feeling a part of it does make me trust in God. Our government on the other hand, well, let’s not go there.
Thank you Blair. I live in Australia. And when white convicts first settled here the flora was the enemy as much as the dryness. So many invasive plants and animals and bugs were introduced. I know you have similar problems with our paperbarks and eucalypts over there. And we don't value our forests, our Acacias out non loggable timbers. Good to listen to someone discuss habitat and environment.
Bronzing on the Pear tree could be Phomopsis. Dawn Fluharty of Arborjet had a webinar that discussed the difference between Fireblight and Phomopsis in Pyrus kawakamii. Thanks for the great videos. Glad you were out of the fires path!
Jeff Micka thank you. You are a contributor to this community and we all appreciate your input. The fires came too close. So many home lost. So many families are in turmoil. A drive through the mountains here is now like driving through Hell.
Even in a cold climate like here in Michigan landscapers still plant Bradford pears. I can tell they are not adapted to the cold because every winter when all the other trees have dropped their leaves the pears still have there leafs and they don’t change like the other leaves, they just die during the winter.
I learned a lot watching that video. I would like to do the same to my 25 year old 80' tall Coastal Redwood that has a double trunk. A friend that seen the tree said it could be a problem in the future as it grows. Can I do the same method to the redwood? The double trunk is 3' off the ground. And I was thinking of installing the cable 15' up.
I live up the peninsula from you in San Carlos. I'm wondering what trees you would recommend. Also, I'm so happy to know that your property managed to stay whole through the recent fires. It was really touch and go there for a while. I'm glad I wasn't in your shoes. I absolutely love your channel. I've learned so much. I only wish I had this knowledge earlier. I could have avoided some bad mistakes. Have you taken that lovely Norton out for some exercise recently?
Phil Moore yes, I took my Norton out for a ride today. She’s an old girl with a lot of quirks that I’m still figuring out. A friend came over with his modern Yamaha today and parked his bike next to mine. The contrast in technology was amazing. Thank you for your kind comments.
I would be very interested in a video about your favorite trees to plant for your area. I live and work just north of Sacramento so we have a lot of trees in common. I see a lot of these same problems constantly.
I think a short video with a few of my favorites but opening up comments on the subject for other tree workers (and tree lovers), to add to might be interesting. I know every area has different climates but we are guilty of bringing in the most inappropriate species.
Blair, lol, your forearms exhibit all the natural traits of an arborist, thick, over muscled, and strong, like a chimp. Lol, all the things my family/friends remark about me. It's so cool~!
Wonderful video! Hi, Blair. I'm 22 years old and am considering trying to make a career as an arborist. I've very little experience or knowledge about treework, but I've always loved climbing them and the idea of caring for them and helping people with theirs is appealing to me. I've been watching your videos to learn and am also reading a book called, "the hidden life of trees" by Peter Wohllehben. I am planning to start an apprenticeship. Is there anything else you might recommend that I do? Thank you for your great content. See you down the way.
Not too long. Really enjoyed the video and not seeing smoke! How about a video on forest management? Are there things they can do to help contain or hinder fires from spreading so quickly? I get that the wind can probably carry an ember miles away. Otherwise, somebody may start wanting walls everywhere...
skyrunr skyrunr I wish I was more knowledgeable on that subject. What I do know is the forest can be so vast, and so steep, and so full of life, that “managing” is not something that can be done by man. No amount of cleaning or raking or thinning will matter when a lightning storm drops thousands of bolts over such a vast area. The sky was carrying hot embers for miles in frightening winds. We (the people), are so small in this big picture.
arboristBlairGlenn I think it’s a question that you probably don’t ask yourself if you enjoy what you do, so it’s more a question of when I can transition into a field that I enjoy. It’s part of why I enjoy watching your videos, you clearly enjoy what you do and have a passion to share your knowledge. I image that even when you retire you’ll stay pretty busy !
Blair, I did some math, and 3.5 million acres = about 5,500 Square miles. I live on Oahu, so I compared that to the size of Hawaii. All Hawaiian islands combined is 6,423 square miles. That's a lot of burned land. Countless millions of trees burned. But I guess it's all California's fault because they were just too lazy to rake all those forests.
Jakub Hostinský I will continue to do so as it evolves. This sort of “pruning” is not something I do very often. I like to keep an open mind to concepts like this.
As I watch this, another thought occurs to me while you are talking about the consequences of a plastic lawn. Grass, like most (all?) plants, sequesters carbon. In fact, Joel Salatin has shown that under a certain type of management (which wouldn't apply here, because it involves letting get taller than most urban neighbors would appreciate), pastures can sequester much more carbon than the same acreage of forest. But, at any rate, people who have plastic lawns are increasing their carbon footprint compared to keeping their lawn.
Hey Blair, love your videos! I know there are some trees you don't recommend planting, I got some conifers recently and have been trying to learn about them but can't find much about growing them in urban settings. I was wondering in Southern California, anything against any of the following? Coulter Pine, Jeffrey Pine, Bishop Pine, Santa Cruz Cypress, Giant Sequoia (Ive seen all your redwood videos I think), Port Orford Cedar, Incense Cedar Have a half acre I wanna spread them out across so I think that should be enough space... Thank you for your time and these videos :)
Pros and cons to each of the species you list. Without knowing the planting area and elevation of your property, I should not comment. Water, soil, other vegetation etc. need to be taken into consideration.
Great bit at the end with CODIT and disections Glenn! I'd be interested to see a video on your recommended street trees and how it is horses for courses depending on the situation. Are there any examples of good planting choices there in California? The municipal planting I've seen in Scotland looks to be better than private developers generally. Some collaboration (council and private) plantings I've seen are awful. Interested to see what your municipalities do there. Are they better than private developers?
Peter Brown the triumphs are more about infrastructures that allow enough space for root development. Smaller species for tight locations seem to be smart but there is this idea of canopy that wins.
Blair, I neglected to tell you about the "fruit" the "boise de arc" trees I asked you about. in early fall, they will drop grapefruit sized 'fruit/seed pods' that are light green, if that helps you looking up?
Stihl 202? ;P Your description sounds *just* like my buddy he must have (3) 200t's, one is a champ and the rest have issues sadly, but Re it being the best actually the 355t beats it on power(and weight, and price, and - according to many - on longevity) Full disclosure I have & love a 355t (have also dropped it >20' and it didn't give me 1 indication it'd fallen :P ) Your "topiary stump" earlier in the vid was such a great idea I am just baffled I didn't entertain this (I think it'd still qualify as "Pollarding" the tree) because I do it ALL THE TIME to acquire my bonsai "stock/start-material" by collecting large/lawn-grown Ficus/Maple/Bougainvillea/Crape Myrtle/etc(I'm in FL, so makes this type of process almost a 100% success rate thankfully :D ) and doing just that cutting back to a big stump that I put in a box and, instead of just allowing unlimited bush-growth as you're going to do with that stump you showed, in bonsai you select branches and begin using them to develop a new canopy over a several-year period, makes for some cool, large bonsai :D You're in CA-- do you have Ficus Benjamina's growing happily in your area? Here in Tampa-area they thrive, I ask because I've gotten a client to let me leave a ~4' tall Oak stump, I just dogged-out a "planter hollow" on the top and filled it with rinsed mulching(wood-bark mulch and, of course, not mulch that was near an oily chainsaw bar I mean proper gardening mulch) and planted ***ficus Microcarpa*** seedlings/whips all around the upper perimeter, everytime I'm there I'll grab the roots they're throwing into the center of the trunk and pull them to drape alongside the bark, Ficus allows its roots to become aerial-roots this is the specie that will grow large aerial roots over buildings, so by covering the perimeter of the stump with them and allowing their aerials to reach the ground both straight down through the trunking *and* by the aerials that draped/enveloped/begin squishing-inward on that stump, the mycorrhizae love bark and will help the ficus devour that trunk in a few years and, once it has, what's left is a bunch of Ficus Microcarpa's that, by then, will have fused together and it'll be the gnarliest trunking, she'll have this ~7' beautiful specimen-tree on her lawn it'll be the nicest tree of anywhere in my area for front-yard trees that I'm aware of, would probably take a decade to do this in other areas but if you're southern-enough in CA you may be able to do this --- alternatively you could just buy larger ficus benjaminas and literally plant/position them atop stumps and just let nature take its course, ficus "eating&replacing" a stump is such a cool 2-for-1 move :D Thank you so much for this vid I'm actually intending to rewatch today (day off, too much polesawing has my back all gimpy so am taking a day!), I covet "The Body Language of Trees" but apparently its authors want to limit their work to people willing to pay many hundreds $ for a regular sized book, sad, thankfully other pro's/veterans like you are not so money-hungry as to paywall great content like this vid here, will be checking all your vids after rewatching this one thanks again man (for what it's worth I know you're held in really high-esteem, knew your name when I checked whose vid this was and cannot even recall why I know it just that you're a longtime 'godfather' type in this industry! So yeah extra big thanks for taking the time to create & share this type of content with the world, it's incredibly awesome/noble/etc of you, wish you the best in life man!!
we had a home in Paradise that didn't burn. But just prior to that, there was a Redwood Tree:: at 20 yrs old it lost the top which turned into a Spear and Intentionally aimed itself at our roof and Pierced it. Odder still were the rings:: A good Inch + each!! Never seen that. It wasn't being watered. And then after that $10K incident another occurred: The water dispenser line on the Fridge broke and two months later when we returned......$130K. But the home didn't burn in 2018 (Ron Howard made a documentary on Paradise)....WE sold , it was a second home. Live near Sutter Creek. But I also lived in Boulder Creek, visited Last Chance Road for 30 years. Lived in North Fork, Auberry area, including near Shaver Lake, at Music Farm. All burned now. And I lived near Loma Prieta. That general area has been burned over. Left there in 2000 and came to the Auberry area.
Heal is not really the right term to use. Absorbs the wound is a better way to explain it. Some trees develop callous tissue faster and some trees resist decay better than others but a wound never heals. The new growth covers it up but the internal decay often leads to hidden hollowing. Thanks for commenting. Blair
Whenever I see one of these plastic lawns, I can virtually guarantee that any remaining trees or shrubs will be dead in short order. I think it creates a sort of mindset with the homeowner that irrigation is no longer required. Of all the misplaced trees here in Southern California, I think the magnolia is probably the most ill-suited to our Mediterranean climate.
Why do you still use a close system. A hitch climber system would help you excel so much. I seen your boy use the rope runner pro in a video. But not a hitch climber system?
@@arboristBlairGlenn awsome. You will grow to love it very fast i swear. Its so much Faster. You keep your hitch on the rope dont have to keep tying it when you change your tie in point. Youll love it.
LIKE A TREE .... IF I CARVE MY INITIAL .... HERE: "J" and returned in 100 years it'll still be at the same height on the tree. So goes the internet. It's okay if you can't see forest for the trees; because you can't see the internet through them either. I like trees more than people; I don't mind crowded forest (many trees), but can't stand a room full of people. If I doubt there is a GOD I go to my church; I go to the forest. I'm happy when surrounded by trees .... nothing good comes from surrounding myself with people. When I see a Wolf tree I see myself. Only I'm not in the forest. I feel safe in a storm surround by a forest full of trees. I live in fear of one tree hovering over my home in that same storm. The older the forest, more virgin the forest, the more I feel at home. I never gave much thought to why I feel my best while in the forest .... I just do and it's alright by me. I can cut a tree down if it needs to be or if I need to use it, but I'll never cut down or need to cut down a forest. "I never tried to abandon creeds or code of civilization; they went away of their own accord ..." (JM). Men like myself and trees of a sort never tried to abandon creeds. Somehow we taken roots where we don't belong. Until somebody cuts us down we can never go home.
J F until a person feels the unity of life as a whole connected system in a forest, they won’t understand. I say, “go out to the woods alone and feel the life. Breath the air. Hear the sounds. See the magnificence. Touch the trees and be a part of the connection.”
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You should write a book about the trees you care for. I'd buy that in a heartbeat, even if you put bacon on the cover.
Electricity taster I’m too busy doing a RUclips channel. Thanks but the future of education seems to be more about easier to absorb videos.
@@arboristBlairGlenn True, but it is harder to use for referencing. If I wanted to know about the decay resistance of ulmus parviflora, I'd have a pretty hard time finding the information on your channel. Unless I took notes, which I could but I'm hopeless.
@@arboristBlairGlenn The problem with RUclips videos is that they will only be around for as long as Google chooses to keep RUclips alive, or until Google go out of business. Unless people pirate them and keep them elsewhere. In addition, if you read the fine print, a number of online media sites retain ownership of all posts after an account is closed, or becomes dormant.
Google used to say that an account can be closed down permanently after 18 months of inactivity. Thus, after a site creator dies, its existence depends upon the subsequent maintainers to keep it alive. Some people create sites so that their descendants can keep their memory alive, but when someone goes to visit it a couple of years after the creator's death, they have been disappointed to learn that the channel no longer exists.
This transience of electronic data is a very real problem for many people, because not everything is retained in archive.com. And archive.com is also subject to the whims of private donations and the decisions of archivists about whether to keep or delete data.
Books, on the other hand, will survive for much longer than a century, even when printed on modern acidic paper. And they can be printed, published and read, by almost anyone.
@@RWBHere guess it’s good that I keep all the videos backed up.
@Kian Daniel Get your spam out of my comment, homeboy.
Thanks for sharing! I love the longer length videos, they give me something to put on while I unwind
J. Queue DeLaney I wonder how many of the viewers get bored and click away. It takes someone with a real love of trees to stay with it. Thank you.
There are many RUclips tree guys out there all adding their own particular flavours to the pot of knowledge from experience. The majority of them are entertaining, informative adding tips n tricks, as well as a look at their particular workday in their part of the world but your presentations i sit n watch with a mug of coffee and I can truly say my heart rate lowers after watching and it has a calming effect on me overall. The vistas are beautiful despite what youve all been through with the devastation of all the fires. Heres hoping folks can rebuild and recover from all of that loss. Keep doing what you do Blair cos I'm sure I'm not alone in appreciating your efforts. 🎄
Blair’s therapy sessions?
I love this style of video Blair. Trees take so long to grow, let's preserve what we've got, but sometimes they have to come down... - Patrick
Hi Patrick, have not heard from you in a while. Hope all is well for you on your side of the country. Been crazy over on the West Coast. Weather like we have not seen before. Power outages lasting for up to 9 days for us. Be safe my friend
I appreciate this. This is very informative and easy to digest.
I've been thinking about trying to become a climbing arborist for a tree service company. I've spent most of my adult life as a mechanic and want to try something different. I can certainly understand your viewpoints about trees and loving the interaction with them. I really hope that I'll get in with a good crew.
Thank you for your videos and your interactions with your audience. It is very helpful to actually be able to discuss things.
SpycoLordOfFire be sure to learn the ground work first. It is a team and you need to understand rope work as a ground worker.
ive never heard someone describe my affinity for trees and the way i feel in the forest so perfectly!! amazing video and very imformative thank you!
Like minds. Not common these days of folks moving too fast with their heads in the screens.
I really enjoy your videos, especially the longer ones. I always learn something new. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I bet the early color change is related to stress, probably water stress.
Glad you like them!
Always a pleasure watching your productions Blair, love the scenic shots too and who doesnt love the bacon intro haha...
Thanks, I try
Great video. Rich content. Nothing like listening to a long-experienced, conscientious professional arborist (or any profession for that matter) talk about what he loves. Also like Reg and August.
I also watch their videos. My content is different in that is is less about doing the job and more about the trees.
arboristBlairGlenn all makes for well rounded, good, quality treework/arborist content on youtube. Thanks again!
Very good video Blair. I enjoyed watching it. It was nice to see an update on the huge live oak you cut to a tall stump. It's great to see how well it's trying to resprout itself.
obs ford diesels inc. time will tell. I will do follow ups. Thanks for being a consistent supporter of my channel.
Thanks for this video, I love to hear the perspective of experienced arborists like yourself. Keep it up.
Thanks, will do!
good to see you back. Was a bit worried about you and the horrific fires going on in your area. Greetings from Germany. Keep on with your mission.
schmfr19 thank you. Yes, it has been quite frightening over here. Feels like the end of days.
awesome video, excited to check out your channel more, very keen on more of this kind of material as a learning arborist
As a learning Arborist, this channel is made for you. I have over 1200 videos starting back in 2007. Please continue to comment.
Blair
Helo Glenn, greetings. Thank you so much for the great video. So glad to hear your corner of paradise was spared from the fires. A good friend of mine s mom ( 91 years old) lost EVERYTHING in the Oregon fires.... i can't imagine!!! All The best to you and yours from Buffalo, NY.
Smeraldo DeRosa sorry about your friends mom. At 91, now what? We feel very fortunate but know that so many are lost.
You are a wealth of information. Thank you for sharing it.
I find your videos very interesting and educational. Our trees are much smaller then yours but they still need the same care. Thanks for the informative video! I watch all your videos. I hope you never leave the forest. I came from the Tiger Hills N of Baldur Manitoba on a mixed farm with mostly Bur Oak and popular. We raised cows and pigs as well as grain. I with I could move back there. The house is still standing but in poor condition as no one.moved in after we left in 1975 when dad retired and moved to Brandon. I wish I could send some pics. It was very colerful in the fall.
My father owned a ranch when I was young and I have very fond memories of that place. He had health issues and had to sell it when I was 12. I went back years later and a new house exists where the old 1880's ranch house was. Met the new owner and he informed me that he built some of his new house with the old growth redwood from the old house I lived in. He said, see that front door? That came from your house!" made me feel like a bit of my childhood home is living on.
Enteral cleaning is so important for so many trees, willows, etc. They can be so beautiful when properly done to let the wind come thru for weaker limbs.
Hi Blair,
I watched it unskipped and got rewarded with a few of the MS 200 T that I also own.
Have a nice day and stay safe in any case.
Thanks, you too!
thanks for this video, you make it so easy to learn lots of things that only come from a lot of field experience
sharktooth17 video is an amazing medium for teaching. Having a mindset to capture these pieces of understanding is my challenge. Sometimes I think I get it right. Thank you.
I'd love to see a video with more detail in regards to pruning to reduce end weight.
DEmersonJMFM that is hard to put into a “how to” video because each species has unique differences. Some are strong, some are prone to breakage, some develop heavy seeds or fruit, and past pruning causes regrowth that can lead to failures.
@@arboristBlairGlenn Maybe not strictly a "how to" but you've touched many important points that could be useful. I mention this because I was recently pruning a Texas Lilac that was partially uprooted due to a hurricane and I was up there considering which branches would be the best to remove to better stabilize the tree, reduce wind influence, and not negatively affect the tree. I'm always up for more information about trees in general, though species can't be ignored of course.
@@arboristBlairGlenn This seemed like a pretty good "how to" video as far as what you discussed! :) .... maybe not comprehensive or exhaustive at all, but very helpful and worthwhile nevertheless! Thanks!
DEmersonJMFM I have quite a few videos relating to “tree decisions”, maybe the term how to is not the best.
Robert Wood Thanks, I put up videos as the topics come to me while I’m working but maybe “how to” was not the best way to title this.
God love my friend. Blessed is the LORD. You are a great inspiration.
matt whittle the forest is a church for many. Feeling the completeness of life and feeling a part of it does make me trust in God. Our government on the other hand, well, let’s not go there.
I dig your style!
I appreciate that!
Thank you Blair. I live in Australia. And when white convicts first settled here the flora was the enemy as much as the dryness. So many invasive plants and animals and bugs were introduced.
I know you have similar problems with our paperbarks and eucalypts over there.
And we don't value our forests, our Acacias out non loggable timbers.
Good to listen to someone discuss habitat and environment.
Nolan Tyrrell I hope to visit Australia someday. Hope this Covid finds an answer soon.
@@arboristBlairGlenn cuthen :-)
Bronzing on the Pear tree could be Phomopsis. Dawn Fluharty of Arborjet had a webinar that discussed the difference between Fireblight and Phomopsis in Pyrus kawakamii. Thanks for the great videos. Glad you were out of the fires path!
Jeff Micka thank you. You are a contributor to this community and we all appreciate your input. The fires came too close. So many home lost. So many families are in turmoil. A drive through the mountains here is now like driving through Hell.
Even in a cold climate like here in Michigan landscapers still plant Bradford pears. I can tell they are not adapted to the cold because every winter when all the other trees have dropped their leaves the pears still have there leafs and they don’t change like the other leaves, they just die during the winter.
Why would landscapers choose to plant fruit trees?
These are ornamental trees with tiny fruit, but in quantity, the fruit gets very heavy. They are planted for the flowers. Beautiful in spring.
@@arboristBlairGlenn Thank you!
I learned a lot watching that video. I would like to do the same to my 25 year old 80' tall Coastal Redwood that has a double trunk. A friend that seen the tree said it could be a problem in the future as it grows. Can I do the same method to the redwood? The double trunk is 3' off the ground. And I was thinking of installing the cable 15' up.
I live up the peninsula from you in San Carlos. I'm wondering what trees you would recommend.
Also, I'm so happy to know that your property managed to stay whole through the recent fires. It was really touch and go there for a while. I'm glad I wasn't in your shoes.
I absolutely love your channel. I've learned so much. I only wish I had this knowledge earlier. I could have avoided some bad mistakes.
Have you taken that lovely Norton out for some exercise recently?
Phil Moore yes, I took my Norton out for a ride today. She’s an old girl with a lot of quirks that I’m still figuring out. A friend came over with his modern Yamaha today and parked his bike next to mine. The contrast in technology was amazing. Thank you for your kind comments.
Those wound areas, where they form a bulb, would make nice turning wood.
Wow! fantastic information !
Now you will look at trees with a different perspective.
I would be very interested in a video about your favorite trees to plant for your area. I live and work just north of Sacramento so we have a lot of trees in common. I see a lot of these same problems constantly.
I think a short video with a few of my favorites but opening up comments on the subject for other tree workers (and tree lovers), to add to might be interesting. I know every area has different climates but we are guilty of bringing in the most inappropriate species.
Blair, lol, your forearms exhibit all the natural traits of an arborist, thick, over muscled, and strong, like a chimp. Lol, all the things my family/friends remark about me. It's so cool~!
Thanks (I think). Now I’m craving a banana😳
Wonderful video!
Hi, Blair. I'm 22 years old and am considering trying to make a career as an arborist. I've very little experience or knowledge about treework, but I've always loved climbing them and the idea of caring for them and helping people with theirs is appealing to me.
I've been watching your videos to learn and am also reading a book called, "the hidden life of trees" by Peter Wohllehben. I am planning to start an apprenticeship.
Is there anything else you might recommend that I do?
Thank you for your great content. See you down the way.
Read what you can. If you can find a copy of Dr Richard Harris’s book “Arboriculture”, you would learn a lot from that book.
Not too long. Really enjoyed the video and not seeing smoke! How about a video on forest management? Are there things they can do to help contain or hinder fires from spreading so quickly? I get that the wind can probably carry an ember miles away. Otherwise, somebody may start wanting walls everywhere...
skyrunr skyrunr I wish I was more knowledgeable on that subject. What I do know is the forest can be so vast, and so steep, and so full of life, that “managing” is not something that can be done by man. No amount of cleaning or raking or thinning will matter when a lightning storm drops thousands of bolts over such a vast area. The sky was carrying hot embers for miles in frightening winds.
We (the people), are so small in this big picture.
It was good to see the re-visit after 6 months...and to see the bacon back for a guest appearance
When will you retire?
arboristBlairGlenn I think it’s a question that you probably don’t ask yourself if you enjoy what you do, so it’s more a question of when I can transition into a field that I enjoy. It’s part of why I enjoy watching your videos, you clearly enjoy what you do and have a passion to share your knowledge. I image that even when you retire you’ll stay pretty busy !
Blair, I did some math, and 3.5 million acres = about 5,500 Square miles. I live on Oahu, so I compared that to the size of Hawaii. All Hawaiian islands combined is 6,423 square miles. That's a lot of burned land. Countless millions of trees burned. But I guess it's all California's fault because they were just too lazy to rake all those forests.
Just Me that presidential insult from a man who cannot even pronounce “Yosemite”, leaves me worried about our future on so many levels.
I very like that you did follow-up video on your friend's oak ( starting at time 11:38 )
Jakub Hostinský I will continue to do so as it evolves. This sort of “pruning” is not something I do very often. I like to keep an open mind to concepts like this.
As I watch this, another thought occurs to me while you are talking about the consequences of a plastic lawn. Grass, like most (all?) plants, sequesters carbon. In fact, Joel Salatin has shown that under a certain type of management (which wouldn't apply here, because it involves letting get taller than most urban neighbors would appreciate), pastures can sequester much more carbon than the same acreage of forest. But, at any rate, people who have plastic lawns are increasing their carbon footprint compared to keeping their lawn.
Good point! Not to mention the construction of the plastic lawn
Hey Blair, love your videos! I know there are some trees you don't recommend planting, I got some conifers recently and have been trying to learn about them but can't find much about growing them in urban settings. I was wondering in Southern California, anything against any of the following?
Coulter Pine, Jeffrey Pine, Bishop Pine, Santa Cruz Cypress, Giant Sequoia (Ive seen all your redwood videos I think), Port Orford Cedar, Incense Cedar
Have a half acre I wanna spread them out across so I think that should be enough space...
Thank you for your time and these videos :)
Pros and cons to each of the species you list. Without knowing the planting area and elevation of your property, I should not comment. Water, soil, other vegetation etc. need to be taken into consideration.
Great bit at the end with CODIT and disections Glenn! I'd be interested to see a video on your recommended street trees and how it is horses for courses depending on the situation. Are there any examples of good planting choices there in California? The municipal planting I've seen in Scotland looks to be better than private developers generally. Some collaboration (council and private) plantings I've seen are awful. Interested to see what your municipalities do there. Are they better than private developers?
Peter Brown lot’s of street tree mistakes out here too.
@@arboristBlairGlenn what about street tree triumphs?
Peter Brown the triumphs are more about infrastructures that allow enough space for root development. Smaller species for tight locations seem to be smart but there is this idea of canopy that wins.
@@arboristBlairGlenn interesting stuff. Thanks for the reply :) Stay safe.
Love you man❤️❤️
Trees Please thanks and peace to you too.
Thanks for such an interesting video. It's tragic that so many trees were destroyed by the fires.
"billions" 3.5 million acres just this year burned in California alone.
Blair, I neglected to tell you about the "fruit" the "boise de arc" trees I asked you about. in early fall, they will drop grapefruit sized 'fruit/seed pods' that are light green, if that helps you looking up?
So many different trees in this huge earth. But then we are but a speck in our solar system. I would enjoy seeing one in person.
I feel the same way about the connectivity of the earth I love being in the woods
I see you are watching quite a few of my videos. thanks
@@arboristBlairGlenn I love your videos even if I watch them over and over again
@@marielg9143 thank you
Stihl 202? ;P Your description sounds *just* like my buddy he must have (3) 200t's, one is a champ and the rest have issues sadly, but Re it being the best actually the 355t beats it on power(and weight, and price, and - according to many - on longevity) Full disclosure I have & love a 355t (have also dropped it >20' and it didn't give me 1 indication it'd fallen :P )
Your "topiary stump" earlier in the vid was such a great idea I am just baffled I didn't entertain this (I think it'd still qualify as "Pollarding" the tree) because I do it ALL THE TIME to acquire my bonsai "stock/start-material" by collecting large/lawn-grown Ficus/Maple/Bougainvillea/Crape Myrtle/etc(I'm in FL, so makes this type of process almost a 100% success rate thankfully :D ) and doing just that cutting back to a big stump that I put in a box and, instead of just allowing unlimited bush-growth as you're going to do with that stump you showed, in bonsai you select branches and begin using them to develop a new canopy over a several-year period, makes for some cool, large bonsai :D
You're in CA-- do you have Ficus Benjamina's growing happily in your area? Here in Tampa-area they thrive, I ask because I've gotten a client to let me leave a ~4' tall Oak stump, I just dogged-out a "planter hollow" on the top and filled it with rinsed mulching(wood-bark mulch and, of course, not mulch that was near an oily chainsaw bar I mean proper gardening mulch) and planted ***ficus Microcarpa*** seedlings/whips all around the upper perimeter, everytime I'm there I'll grab the roots they're throwing into the center of the trunk and pull them to drape alongside the bark, Ficus allows its roots to become aerial-roots this is the specie that will grow large aerial roots over buildings, so by covering the perimeter of the stump with them and allowing their aerials to reach the ground both straight down through the trunking *and* by the aerials that draped/enveloped/begin squishing-inward on that stump, the mycorrhizae love bark and will help the ficus devour that trunk in a few years and, once it has, what's left is a bunch of Ficus Microcarpa's that, by then, will have fused together and it'll be the gnarliest trunking, she'll have this ~7' beautiful specimen-tree on her lawn it'll be the nicest tree of anywhere in my area for front-yard trees that I'm aware of, would probably take a decade to do this in other areas but if you're southern-enough in CA you may be able to do this --- alternatively you could just buy larger ficus benjaminas and literally plant/position them atop stumps and just let nature take its course, ficus "eating&replacing" a stump is such a cool 2-for-1 move :D
Thank you so much for this vid I'm actually intending to rewatch today (day off, too much polesawing has my back all gimpy so am taking a day!), I covet "The Body Language of Trees" but apparently its authors want to limit their work to people willing to pay many hundreds $ for a regular sized book, sad, thankfully other pro's/veterans like you are not so money-hungry as to paywall great content like this vid here, will be checking all your vids after rewatching this one thanks again man (for what it's worth I know you're held in really high-esteem, knew your name when I checked whose vid this was and cannot even recall why I know it just that you're a longtime 'godfather' type in this industry! So yeah extra big thanks for taking the time to create & share this type of content with the world, it's incredibly awesome/noble/etc of you, wish you the best in life man!!
Thank you. (Long comment)😳👍🏻
would like to see this one now it's September 18th of 2021.
Chinese elms are notorious for snapping fairly easily where I live in Australia
They often break because they get shaped young and the new growth comes in doubled.
I've got a pretty big Chinese Elm and that wood is like lead! It's heavvvy!
Surprisingly heavy!
That fan palm is a weed next to that magnolia. Can dig it out and sell it.
They come up like weeds.
Nesesito
Are those Eucs in front of the treehouse ?
Chuck Balyeat no Eucs on my property
Hello, do your customers watch your videos? I wonder about their reactions, when you explain everything here :)
Jan Remsa I get a LOT of work from these videos. Yes, I forward pertinent videos frequently.
we had a home in Paradise that didn't burn. But just prior to that, there was a Redwood Tree:: at 20 yrs old it lost the top which turned into a Spear and Intentionally aimed itself at our roof and Pierced it. Odder still were the rings:: A good Inch + each!! Never seen that. It wasn't being watered. And then after that $10K incident another occurred: The water dispenser line on the Fridge broke and two months later when we returned......$130K. But the home didn't burn in 2018 (Ron Howard made a documentary on Paradise)....WE sold , it was a second home. Live near Sutter Creek. But I also lived in Boulder Creek, visited Last Chance Road for 30 years. Lived in North Fork, Auberry area, including near Shaver Lake, at Music Farm. All burned now. And I lived near Loma Prieta. That general area has been burned over. Left there in 2000 and came to the Auberry area.
TheHypnotstCollector you’re running from fire zones
@@arboristBlairGlenn I move and a couple of years later....
Nesesitas un travajo tendrá para mi me gusta 👍 travajar de árboles 🌲
Slowly leaf through it ? 🙂
Harry S I’m branching out 😳
Great information really like the wording compartmentalize instead of heal
hillbilly Yo learned that from Shigo
@@arboristBlairGlenn shigo was an absolute chad
Or how trees "don't heal, they conceal"
White oak heals the best out of the oaks
Heal is not really the right term to use. Absorbs the wound is a better way to explain it. Some trees develop callous tissue faster and some trees resist decay better than others but a wound never heals. The new growth covers it up but the internal decay often leads to hidden hollowing. Thanks for commenting.
Blair
Whenever I see one of these plastic lawns, I can virtually guarantee that any remaining trees or shrubs will be dead in short order. I think it creates a sort of mindset with the homeowner that irrigation is no longer required. Of all the misplaced trees here in Southern California, I think the magnolia is probably the most ill-suited to our Mediterranean climate.
Why do you still use a close system. A hitch climber system would help you excel so much. I seen your boy use the rope runner pro in a video. But not a hitch climber system?
Just got mine so we will see if this “Old Dog”, can learn some new tricks
@@arboristBlairGlenn awsome. You will grow to love it very fast i swear. Its so much Faster. You keep your hitch on the rope dont have to keep tying it when you change your tie in point. Youll love it.
LIKE A TREE .... IF I CARVE MY INITIAL .... HERE: "J" and returned in 100 years it'll still be at the same height on the tree. So goes the internet. It's okay if you can't see forest for the trees; because you can't see the internet through them either. I like trees more than people; I don't mind crowded forest (many trees), but can't stand a room full of people. If I doubt there is a GOD I go to my church; I go to the forest. I'm happy when surrounded by trees .... nothing good comes from surrounding myself with people. When I see a Wolf tree I see myself. Only I'm not in the forest. I feel safe in a storm surround by a forest full of trees. I live in fear of one tree hovering over my home in that same storm. The older the forest, more virgin the forest, the more I feel at home. I never gave much thought to why I feel my best while in the forest .... I just do and it's alright by me. I can cut a tree down if it needs to be or if I need to use it, but I'll never cut down or need to cut down a forest. "I never tried to abandon creeds or code of civilization; they went away of their own accord ..." (JM). Men like myself and trees of a sort never tried to abandon creeds. Somehow we taken roots where we don't belong. Until somebody cuts us down we can never go home.
J F until a person feels the unity of life as a whole connected system in a forest, they won’t understand. I say, “go out to the woods alone and feel the life. Breath the air. Hear the sounds. See the magnificence. Touch the trees and be a part of the connection.”
@@arboristBlairGlenn Yep, works wonders. See you in the forest.
Plastic lawn ?
Thats silly.
Jedad Ruled very much a thing in California with water costs through the roof.
Sir that video was not nearly long enough
Hipe you enjoyed it anyway