Category Archives: Tree Care

News and information related to trees.

Grafting Fruit Trees

Grafting season is just coming to a close, but I wanted to take this opportunity to explain why and how grafting is done, and show a few photos from some apple trees I grafted last Tuesday in North Seattle. Every … Continue reading
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Birch Syrup

I thought I’d share this clip I filmed about a month ago, a birch tree I was pruning East of Seattle. Notice the sap dripping from this freshly cut branch.   It’s a fairly complex process that causes the sap … Continue reading
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Sapsucker Damage to Trees

While out in the forest, park, or even your own backyard you may have seen rows of small holes seemingly drilled into the bark of trees. These holes are not from an insect (those are more randomly spaced and usually … Continue reading
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Tent Caterpillars

Those few sunny warm days we had last week must have queued the hatching of these tent caterpillars. I spotted a few groups just emerging from their eggs on an apple tree I was pruning in the Skagit Valley, near … Continue reading
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Holly Bud Moth

I was in Carnation WA at Camp Korey last week taking a look at their trees and came across several very sick Holly trees. There were several things going on with them including some severe Sapsucker damage (I’ll discuss that … Continue reading
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Pine Tree Pest

I was pruning a Pine tree last week and came across this guy:   It’s a called a Sequoia Pitch Moth – Synanthedon sequoiae. The larvae feed on the cambium (living tissue) part of the tree trunk and branches. It’s … Continue reading
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