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Ohio Tree Planting Guide
APR 3, 2025
The horticultural horrors commonly called “mulch volcanoes” and “tree moats” defy explanation. These abominable tree and shrub mulching practices can combine with other stress-related issues ...
Just in time for the upcoming season, Ohio State University Extension's FactSheet, How and Why to Hire an Arborist, has been updated and is posted on the Ohioline website. The updates includ...
As weather warms...and it will - the calendar says it is officially spring - people will hopefully be spending an increasing amount of time outdoors. As they are outside, they may notice som...
Risks From Trees - a short discussion
MAR 19, 2025
Tree will be helped with new technique in UK first
MAR 19, 2025
Chop Chop! Is that any way to trim trees?
MAR 18, 2025
Several years ago, I authored two articles titled ‘Crimes against Trees.’ Safety around large trees is important. Cutting all heavy branches back to a stub may seem to make sense. But overall, the t...
Carpenter Ants in Trees
MAR 18, 2025
This past summer, the BEHT Team inspected a tree where a pile of sawdust had accumulated around the base of the trunk. It was carpenter ants, (Camponotus spp.) working within a compromised...
Biochar Application - A Practical Guide for Improving and Constructing Soils for Urban Trees
DEC 17, 2024
WHAT IS BIOCHAR?
Biochar is a type of charcoal produced from exposing organic
materials (woody or agricultural waste products) to heat of around
450-650°C in a low- or no-oxygen environment through the p...
The Unusual Oak Felt Scale
JUL 22, 2024
My friend Ron Rothhaas (Arbor Doctor, LLC, Cincinnati, OH) texted a series of images last week showing a pin oak (Quercus palustris) festooned with small, white structures superficially resemb...
