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Old 17th January 2008, 12:44 AM   #16 (permalink)
treeseer
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: SE USA
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Default Re: how much rot is acceptable?

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Originally Posted by newguy18 View Post
Thanks guy that is a really good read and I hope to be that good of an arborist one day.
I was not that good; coulda done much better. Point being, trust in what you know now; don't wait to shift from being a removalist to being a preservationist until you know it all, cuz that day will never come.

"Could this giant have lasted longer? ...More constant and intensive efforts to improve the soil afterward may have helped. If our company was closer, and organized and staffed to the level of a TCIA-Accredited business, the extra care may have resulted in extra years of safe useful life for the tree... "
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