THE ARBOR DOCTOR

 Officially, the National Weather Service recorded that we surpassed the all time annual rainfall record today.  Certainly, officially, we did brak the record set during modern record keeping.  However, my total is still shy of 56 inches at Cheviot 0.9 SSE.  Also, Professor Thomas Schmidlin in his book Thunder In The Heartland records on page 163 that 72 inches of rain fell at the College Hill observatory in 1880.  Before modern records, I know, but interesting! 

This from the National Weather Service last evening:  “Cincinnati has now set a new record for its wettest year in recorded history. With the Cincinnati/Northern KY Int’l Airport having picked up around a third of an inch of rain so far this evening, 2011 has now surpassed 1990 to make this the wettest year in Cincinnati since precipitation records began in 1871. As of 10 pm, the yearly precipitation total at CVG was 57.68 inches. The old record from 1990 was 57.58 inches.  With two more months to go, this record precipitation amount will continue to rise!”

From the The Arborists at Rainbow Treecare Scientific:

As many of you know, imidacloprid has recently been strategically targeted in a negative marketing and publicity campaign by a company who sells tree injection products. Unfortunately, this campaign against imidacloprid has been based largely on false claims. It is important for the public to understand that much of the misleading propaganda circulating about imidacloprid is not coming from anti-pesticide groups or even from factual evidence, but rather from pesticide marketers attempting to undermine their competition.

The purpose of this email is to:
  1. Share with you that this is happening.
  2. Arm you with scientifically proven facts about imidacloprid.
  3. Prevent imidacloprid from being lost as a valuable and cost-effective tree health care tool for the tree care industry.

Imidacloprid was an important breakthrough in 1995 in protecting numerous types of trees from tree killers such as flat headed borers, Asian long horned beetles, hemlock woolly adelgids, emerald ash borers, and many others. Not only has imidacloprid been proven since 1995 to be a very low-toxicity, reduced-risk pesticide, but as a generic product it is highly cost-effective for tree care professionals. While tree injection is certainly another viable method for treating trees, the economics of tree injection treatments will not allow enough trees to be treated within the urban forest to be effective against large scale infestations, and the long term results of tree wounding from injections is not always a sustainable management plan. The tree health care community needs multiple options, beyond solely tree injection, for reliably and economically saving trees.

A group of arborists combined our efforts and knowledge about imidacloprid and created a website to tell the truth about this remarkable chemistry. This site has been peer-reviewed and the authors who are quoted on the site support our efforts. The website is: www.imidaclopridandtrees.com

We feel that by creating this website to combat the false propaganda about this trusted product, we are protecting a tool that is essential in our effort to save trees. If you agree with our cause, please add a link to the Imidacloprid And Trees website to your professional or personal website. Also, please pass this on to as many people as you believe need to know this information.

Thank you for taking a moment to read this message. Together we can redeem the reputation of this very important tool that arborists and tree care professionals world-wide have come to rely on so much.

The website is www.imidaclopridandtrees.com

The following guidelines were developed to minimize the likelihood of any additional impacts related to Imprelis and, under these guidelines, replanting may occur after October 1, 2011. These guidelines will be updated for replanting occurring in the Spring of 2012.  Read more here>>>

Despite some dry spells, I recorded over 60 inches of rainfall in 12 months!

http://cloud.cocorahs.org/wys/2011/OH/OH-HM-5-wys-2010-2011.html

Sunny, warm days and clear cool nights following a week of heavy rain has been the perfect recipe for accelerating fall color.  Maples and oaks are beginning to show color while ash and sassafras are at peak.  Oaks are turning much earlier than normal while maples are on schedule.  In addition, a wet spring has led to the most stunning fall wildflowers in memory with brilliant fields of goldenrod and New England aster combining with the brilliant reds of sumac.