I remember you posting this tree and the job. It's awesome to see it two years later! I reckon it's going to make it at this point, and you'll just have to keep it from self destructing in the future.
I remember the video you did when this tree first split. I'm somewhat surprised the split section didn't dry out and die off. I too thought it odd that it's already starting to change colors. It is a nice tree but you are right when you say it's forever going to have to be maintained and kept smaller.
I didn’t get the call quick enough for the wood to be wet and flexible. It happened in the summer so it quickly dried out. I have done this sort of repair on really fresh wet tears and I can get the wood to match up better. This extreme bend disfigured the piece so it couldn’t match up cleanly. Thus the open crack. I didn’t think it had enough active tissue left to make it so this is a pleasant surprise for me.
@@arboristBlairGlenn yes I am, we should do some videos together... I am at the very beginning of my channel th-cam.com/channels/uDjWru8nCVt5NlYMf0CqMA.html It would be fun.
I always wonder the names of commenters who use an alias instead of there real name. Thanks for commenting “holy”? The bio fuel is something I want to learn more about. 👍🏻
@@arboristBlairGlenn Hi Blair it’s Steve from Yorkshire I’ve followed you for some time You once told me your Mrs is a Brit Hope them fires keep away this year Bring in the rain eh ! Stay safe Keep these gems coming 👏👏👏
@@holymoly6829 hi Steve, thanks. I think I need to start compiling a reference list to remember names. I have been trying to find more jobs from the past to see how they are doing now. So many trees, so little time.
@@arboristBlairGlenn I’ve told you before When I’m stressed I just put your channel on Better than the medication I’m on 🤗🤗🤗🤗 Take care mate Stay safe This Covid is here to stay 😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫
With so many of these as street trees in the South Bay it seems like weekly I see branches fail around my neighborhood in Sunnyvale. That and the same failures with the Modesto Ash too.
Gorilla glue works great lol just being a smart ass Blair I got a tree at home I'm going to cable and bolt not a hazard to are house but we do get good shade from it 👌
The worst trees I see constantly splitting as of late are the flowering pear and the purple plum trees. After every big storm you can go around and see several with broken or split limbs.
There must be a male tree nearby for this one to get fertilized and bear fruit (nuts?) That does seem an awful lot of weight, but not nearly as much as that avacado you had to lighten up. Glad this "experiment" was a success! Thanks for sharing. 👍
@@arboristBlairGlenn We just had rain from Henri and Ida (3" from Ida alone), not much in the way of wind in southern NH but we did batten down for Henri. Streams around here look like spring snow melt not like late summer. We hiked to a nearby waterfall yesterday. More water then we had ever seen. Last year at this time it was totally dry, that was the driest I remember. Stay safe. Hopefully you guys will get rain soon.
Has anyone looked into developing composite lags just for this purpose? They can wind filament like on a fishing reel, and bake it in a mold that will shape threads, or even machine cut them. My thought is to use a material that won’t corrode or leech nasty stuff into the tree’s wood. Metal (steel) doesn’t appear to be that big of a problem after two years, but you’ve seen them all ages. Also, what about adhesives for the deep part of the split, to help share the weight load? Just wonderin’
Good question about the adhesive. I didn’t want to try on a clients tree but I imagine an adhesive like polyurethane glue that reacts to wet surfaces might help in a tight union. An open wound, no.
Have a very mature locust with a large old fissure 10 feet up and it's a codom. I really want to brace and cable it but I'm afraid the client will just be throwing money at something that will die in 10 years or less. Am I right to advise removal? Not sure an enormous old tree can deal with a really large old fissure for very long.
Depend on the attitude of the client. I did a huge old Modesto Ash over 40 years ago that is still going. Did an olive 20 years ago, still there. Sometimes it takes a bolt and a cable. Depends.
I vaguely remember from when I was a kid (about as long ago as when Blair was a kid 😁), there was a story line in the Dick Tracy comic strip where a "tree surgeon" (as arborists were sometimes called back then) murdered someone and hid the body inside a split tree trunk. Because he was such a skilled tree surgeon he got the tree to grow around the body, hiding it for decades. Anyway, just mentioning that because this video brought back that weird childhood memory. Hidden any dead bodies lately, Blair? 😊
The dreaded Chinese Splitstach. Do you see many Siberian Elms in your area? One tough tree that will thrive in most conditions, including desert communities.
Not as many as I used to see but yes, we have some. Cleaned up a broken limb from a big Elm last week. Seems like most of them were cut hard so many times. Hard to find a “natural” growing Siberian Elm. Lots of Chinese Elms. Once in a while a Camperdown Elm. Two beautiful examples at Filipino Gardens up off of 280.
@@arboristBlairGlenn These trees were distributed originally by the USDA following the dustbowl to help re-establish green areas between the over-tilled farmlands across the country. A lot of folks don’t like these trees because they claim that they are invasive. I disagree. They have and will likely play an important part in preserving forest land and agricultural lands in the future. They grow to immense sizes so they need some room. But a good tree to bring needed shade to a desert community for sure. I have some cut for firewood that has been growing live suckers for 2 years. Tough tree
When a Home owner asks me to remove a tree I always ask why ?. Good to save it if its practical, that way I can always come back later (years) to maintain it...
@@arboristBlairGlenn the audio is quiet :) perfectly audible but on the quieter side of things! people need to turn their volumes up but because other youtubers run compression on their videos, it does mean when they go to some other video it will blow them out of the room at full volume :p i see no problem as you've been running "low volume audio" for years now - i just know to turn you up (i also run audio compression on my audio output so it compresses it for you to some degree too) you can look at audio compression if you like (DRC i think you want, dynamic range compression) - this ensures the audio feed is nice and loud, making quiet things loud and loud things quiet, for a nice flat audio profile that works on most all devices, or just keep doing what you're doing, it's not the end of the world, folk just need to knock the volume up a couple notches for your videos is all if you do want to compress the audio, it's dead easy! - and i'm happy to help get that sorted out for you :)
@@arboristBlairGlenn the audio is low for the scene starting at 0:40. Or maybe the intro is too loud. You can solve this using an audio compressor effect while editing videos. Also, lose the intro. Many people just skip it or get annoyed (except for the bacon one). Your thumbnails are getting better, but I say MORE CLICKBAIT. I imagine a thumbnail of you doing the splits would get this video a lot more views.
Someone needs to let the messy, problematic and overweight females live somewhere, so if they really want to be the ones to deal with those kind of problems.... more power to em, 👍 good save Blair. Maybe we can’t say it “healed”but it’s definitely recovering and it’s overall health is improving instead of degrading.
Remarkable how well that tree seems to be doing now!
I remember you posting this tree and the job. It's awesome to see it two years later! I reckon it's going to make it at this point, and you'll just have to keep it from self destructing in the future.
Makes me feel good to see the tree coming back together and having the client so happy.
I remember the video you did when this tree first split. I'm somewhat surprised the split section didn't dry out and die off. I too thought it odd that it's already starting to change colors. It is a nice tree but you are right when you say it's forever going to have to be maintained and kept smaller.
I didn’t get the call quick enough for the wood to be wet and flexible. It happened in the summer so it quickly dried out. I have done this sort of repair on really fresh wet tears and I can get the wood to match up better. This extreme bend disfigured the piece so it couldn’t match up cleanly. Thus the open crack. I didn’t think it had enough active tissue left to make it so this is a pleasant surprise for me.
Thanks for the update, have a great weekend. Charles
I love when owners are willing to try and do an experiment with a reasonable fix. It shows us what can/cannot work to try and help future trees.
Now she tells her friends and folks think I can save dying trees too. So much we don’t know about tree care.
agree, makes me happy to see that a number of people don't just give up on stuff.
@@Trrondee I’m stubborn that way
@@arboristBlairGlenn haha
Great piece. I like the on going study!!
Thanks Niki. (You’re the bee person, right?)
@@arboristBlairGlenn yes I am, we should do some videos together... I am at the very beginning of my channel th-cam.com/channels/uDjWru8nCVt5NlYMf0CqMA.html
It would be fun.
Once again, he has taught us something new. Many more trees can now be saved! Blair has started a ripple effect that reaches far and wide.
I hope my channel grows.
Wow !!! It’s crazy how much that looks like a sumac tree . The foliage anyway
A bit but very different
I really enjoy your stories
Amazing rescue of this one 🤞🤞 for its future
Good to hear about the bio fuel use too
Always a 👍 from me 🤗
I always wonder the names of commenters who use an alias instead of there real name. Thanks for commenting “holy”? The bio fuel is something I want to learn more about. 👍🏻
@@arboristBlairGlenn Hi Blair it’s Steve from Yorkshire I’ve followed you for some time You once told me your Mrs is a Brit Hope them fires keep away this year Bring in the rain eh !
Stay safe Keep these gems coming 👏👏👏
@@holymoly6829 hi Steve, thanks. I think I need to start compiling a reference list to remember names. I have been trying to find more jobs from the past to see how they are doing now. So many trees, so little time.
@@arboristBlairGlenn I’ve told you before When I’m stressed I just put your channel on
Better than the medication I’m on 🤗🤗🤗🤗 Take care mate Stay safe This Covid is here to stay 😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫
@@holymoly6829 hopefully my stressful jobs won’t antagonize your own stress. Cheers
I like that you try to save trees many others would just chop down. Imagine if doctors just culled us if we showed up with diabetes or a broken leg.
I’m not a “tree hugger” but I do have a healthy respect for trees worth saving. This client is very happy
Well I had the same questions. Obviously it's good work.
So... what kind of hardware is still up in the tree? Cables with straps, for example?
Just a bit of old climbing line and straps
With so many of these as street trees in the South Bay it seems like weekly I see branches fail around my neighborhood in Sunnyvale. That and the same failures with the Modesto Ash too.
Gorilla glue works great lol just being a smart ass Blair I got a tree at home I'm going to cable and bolt not a hazard to are house but we do get good shade from it 👌
wow, nice save.
Thanks
The worst trees I see constantly splitting as of late are the flowering pear and the purple plum trees. After every big storm you can go around and see several with broken or split limbs.
I believe the Bradford pear was the result of a cross between a pear and a bean pod.
There must be a male tree nearby for this one to get fertilized and bear fruit (nuts?)
That does seem an awful lot of weight, but not nearly as much as that avacado you had to lighten up.
Glad this "experiment" was a success! Thanks for sharing. 👍
I’m often amazed at a Trees ability to survive. This one needed a little help.
Here in NH we have had a very wet summer, wish we could send you some of our excess rain out to the left coast.
I saw the news coverage. Storm hit you too?
@@arboristBlairGlenn We just had rain from Henri and Ida (3" from Ida alone), not much in the way of wind in southern NH but we did batten down for Henri.
Streams around here look like spring snow melt not like late summer. We hiked to a nearby waterfall yesterday. More water then we had ever seen. Last year at this time it was totally dry, that was the driest I remember.
Stay safe. Hopefully you guys will get rain soon.
Has anyone looked into developing composite lags just for this purpose? They can wind filament like on a fishing reel, and bake it in a mold that will shape threads, or even machine cut them. My thought is to use a material that won’t corrode or leech nasty stuff into the tree’s wood. Metal (steel) doesn’t appear to be that big of a problem after two years, but you’ve seen them all ages. Also, what about adhesives for the deep part of the split, to help share the weight load? Just wonderin’
Good question about the adhesive. I didn’t want to try on a clients tree but I imagine an adhesive like polyurethane glue that reacts to wet surfaces might help in a tight union. An open wound, no.
Have a very mature locust with a large old fissure 10 feet up and it's a codom. I really want to brace and cable it but I'm afraid the client will just be throwing money at something that will die in 10 years or less. Am I right to advise removal? Not sure an enormous old tree can deal with a really large old fissure for very long.
Depend on the attitude of the client. I did a huge old Modesto Ash over 40 years ago that is still going. Did an olive 20 years ago, still there. Sometimes it takes a bolt and a cable. Depends.
I vaguely remember from when I was a kid (about as long ago as when Blair was a kid 😁), there was a story line in the Dick Tracy comic strip where a "tree surgeon" (as arborists were sometimes called back then) murdered someone and hid the body inside a split tree trunk. Because he was such a skilled tree surgeon he got the tree to grow around the body, hiding it for decades.
Anyway, just mentioning that because this video brought back that weird childhood memory. Hidden any dead bodies lately, Blair? 😊
Good comment, thanks. What I remember about Dick Tracy was his two way watch radio. I thought “wow, that would be so amazing” we are there!
Good alternative for the serial killers who can't afford pigs.
@@ElectricityTaster what??
@@arboristBlairGlenn never trust a pig farmer.
The dreaded Chinese Splitstach. Do you see many Siberian Elms in your area? One tough tree that will thrive in most conditions, including desert communities.
Not as many as I used to see but yes, we have some. Cleaned up a broken limb from a big Elm last week. Seems like most of them were cut hard so many times. Hard to find a “natural” growing Siberian Elm. Lots of Chinese Elms. Once in a while a Camperdown Elm. Two beautiful examples at Filipino Gardens up off of 280.
@@arboristBlairGlenn These trees were distributed originally by the USDA following the dustbowl to help re-establish green areas between the over-tilled farmlands across the country. A lot of folks don’t like these trees because they claim that they are invasive. I disagree. They have and will likely play an important part in preserving forest land and agricultural lands in the future. They grow to immense sizes so they need some room. But a good tree to bring needed shade to a desert community for sure. I have some cut for firewood that has been growing live suckers for 2 years. Tough tree
When a Home owner asks me to remove a tree I always ask why ?. Good to save it if its practical, that way I can always come back later (years) to maintain it...
would split trees gradually grow in to 2 trees?
No, same root system, one tree
How about go by the plumbing place and get some pipe clamps.
Best not to surround the trunk with anything that will get embedded with growth.
@@arboristBlairGlenn Just a plumber here:) thanks for reply ,you know better.
What causes a tree to split?
Tight bark inclusions , damaged tree, poor pruning, past decayed wounds, lightning strikes- I can go on.
I remember this one well. Again, the audio is barely audible.
Someone else said that as well but I can hear it fine ??
@@arboristBlairGlenn I can hear it fine all the way up here in Canada
@@arboristBlairGlenn the audio is quiet :) perfectly audible but on the quieter side of things! people need to turn their volumes up but because other youtubers run compression on their videos, it does mean when they go to some other video it will blow them out of the room at full volume :p i see no problem as you've been running "low volume audio" for years now - i just know to turn you up (i also run audio compression on my audio output so it compresses it for you to some degree too)
you can look at audio compression if you like (DRC i think you want, dynamic range compression) - this ensures the audio feed is nice and loud, making quiet things loud and loud things quiet, for a nice flat audio profile that works on most all devices, or just keep doing what you're doing, it's not the end of the world, folk just need to knock the volume up a couple notches for your videos is all
if you do want to compress the audio, it's dead easy! - and i'm happy to help get that sorted out for you :)
@@arboristBlairGlenn the audio is low for the scene starting at 0:40. Or maybe the intro is too loud. You can solve this using an audio compressor effect while editing videos.
Also, lose the intro. Many people just skip it or get annoyed (except for the bacon one). Your thumbnails are getting better, but I say MORE CLICKBAIT. I imagine a thumbnail of you doing the splits would get this video a lot more views.
@@bugz000 I’m good at tree work.
Suggestion; mash up the berries, add enough water to make it pourable, pour some into the split about once a month. Maybe?
hello
Someone needs to let the messy, problematic and overweight females live somewhere, so if they really want to be the ones to deal with those kind of problems.... more power to em, 👍 good save Blair.
Maybe we can’t say it “healed”but it’s definitely recovering and it’s overall health is improving instead of degrading.
The woman who own this home is very happy with this save and hugs me every time I see her. (Started this before Covid)
Audio is terrible!!!
I can hear it.
It must be on his end, I can hear it just fine as well and I’m all the way in Missouri