Why the Auction?

In the following picture you can see the hundreds of requests for Emerald Ash Borer and Pneumatic Vertical Mulching and Fertilizing consultations.  At Back Tree Service we haven’t seen this much activity since Hurricane Ike came through Cincinnati, and we were swamped then.

This is the result of four years of planning to move the company from a tree removal, or tree mortician business, to a tree physician business.  Tim has always been about saving trees.  And now is the right time to change our business model.

The new business model will be like the building industry general contactors.  We will retain critical skills for saving trees from infestations in house.  The tree removal and pruning business will be subcontracted.  The pricing will be the same to the customer and we will use the best skilled people in the Greater Cincinnati Tree service area as subcontractors.

Tim knows who the best are. After all, he must have trained half of them over the 23 years Back Tree Service has been in business.

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Cincinnati Home and Garden Show

In March, Tim Back delivered a presentation on The Emerald Ash Borer in the Greater Cincinnati Area multiple times.  You can see this presentation by clicking on the picture of the EAB below.

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Soil Compaction: Why Pneumatic Vertical Mulching is Recommended

Pneumatic Vertical Mulching and Fertilizing is an integral part of our system for treating and protecting ash trees from stresses which result in disease and insect infestation.

Here is an excerpt from the Arborists’ Certification Study Guide explains what soil compaction is.  The best solution is Pneumatic Vertical Mulching.

“Compaction is one of the biggest problems in urban soils.  Compaction is often caused by construction, foot or vehicular traffic, engineered soils to support roads or buildings, or other factors.

Compaction reduces total pore space and the proportion of macropores to micropores.  Loams, silt loams, and other soils with a variety of particle sizes may be particularly vulnerable to compaction because small particles are pressed into large core spaces between particles.

Trees and soils are so ecologically independent that it is hard to imaging separating them from one another.  Yet the processes involved with urban development disrupt this ecological balance, creating growing conditions that may range from unfavorable to antagonistic.

It has been said that the vast majority of tree decline situations can be attributed to an initial soil stress.

Trees are living systems driven by energy.  They must obtain sufficient oxygen, water, essential elements and other components from the soil to meet their energy requirements.

Understanding soil is vital to arboriculture because soil is, quite literally, the foundation within which a tree grows.”

From page 32 of the Arborists’ Certification Study Guide, by Sharon Lilly, International Society of Arboriculture (ISA).

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