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Dr. Treevorkian’s Ten Ways to Kill Your Customer Base:: 

Dr. Treevorkian’s Ten Ways to Kill Your Customer Base: 1. Sell buggy plants 2. Sell the wrong products. 3. Sell the wrong plants. 4. Provide no growing tips. 5. Always know the answer. 6. Say you don’t know, period. 7. Always blame the other guy. 8. Know no more than your customer. 9. Prove your customer wrong. 10. Grow unhappy employees.

Plant in the wrong site.: 

Plant in the wrong site. (Death & Taxus - Money down the drain.)

Plant pestiferous trees.: 

Plant pestiferous trees. (Honeylocusts as far as the eyes can see.)

Change that grade: use my D9 Biotype: 

Change that grade: use my D9 Biotype (Who needs oxygen?)

Squeeze the trees!: 

Squeeze the trees! (Competition is fun!)

pHooey!: 

pHooey! (Ready, Fire, Aim: Plant now - plan later.)

Salts are the spice of death: Season until well-done.: 

Salts are the spice of death: Season until well-done. (A little more can’t hurt.)

Tree Toppers Unlimited.: 

Tree Toppers Unlimited. (Do you like my haircut?)

Girdles R Us!: 

Girdles R Us! (Who needs phloem?)

Employ Dr. Treevorkians of the soil.: 

Employ Dr. Treevorkians of the soil. (Fungus amongus.)

Death eating a cracker.: 

Death eating a cracker. (Who needs dihydrogen oxide?)

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“Principles of Environmentally Based Lawn & Landscape Management” Ohio Turfgrass Conference December 7, 1998 Jim Chatfield & Joe Boggs Ohio State University Extension

“Dr. Treevorkian’s Seven Deadly Sins of Science”: 

“Dr. Treevorkian’s Seven Deadly Sins of Science” 1. Experimental error is divinely human. 2. Confound it! 3. Randomization and replication are just words. 4. Half-Bakerisms are not half-bad. 5. There are no significant others. 6. Chicken soup for the soil. 7. “Scuse me while I kiss this guy”.

Dr. Craborkian Recommends:: 

Dr. Craborkian Recommends: All crabapples are created equal. Venturia uber alles Dolgos in your doorways SHOW ME THE FLOWERS! The child is the father of the man.

Dr. Treevorkian’s Rules for Squirt Gun Botany:: 

Dr. Treevorkian’s Rules for Squirt Gun Botany: If a little is good, then more is better. Spray for pay. One size fits all. Seen one label, seen ‘em all. There is something for everything.

Dr. Treevorkian’s Secrets of the Soil.: 

Dr. Treevorkian’s Secrets of the Soil. Gypsum is exactly what it sounds like. Fertilizer is plant food. Size doesn’t matter. pHooey Soil is just a bunch of dirt.

Dr. Treevorkian’s Infectious Disease Digest.: 

Dr. Treevorkian’s Infectious Disease Digest. Don’t shoot until you see the whites of the ascis. Nature and nurture don’t mix. Fungi shall inherit the earth. Dihydrogen oxide is just another chemical. Strawberry Fields Forever.

Dr. Treevorkian’s Favorite Quotes.: 

Dr. Treevorkian’s Favorite Quotes. “I consider every plant hardy until I kill it myself.” “The only good use for a viburnum is to hide the garbage cans.” “The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.” “Time wounds all heels.” “People with stiff upper lips sure have a hard time smiling.”

Dr. Treevorkian’s Five Ways to Kill Your Customers.: 

Dr. Treevorkian’s Five Ways to Kill Your Customers. 1. Badmouth the other guy. 2. Let the buyer beware. 3. Be a know-it-all. 4. Be an expert in fine print. 5. Sell commodities.

Dr. Treevorkian’s Guide to Latin:: 

Dr. Treevorkian’s Guide to Latin: “Latin is a language, as dead as dead can be. First it killed the Romans and now it’s killing me.”

Dr. Treevorkian’s Ten Rules for Plant Selection.: 

Dr. Treevorkian’s Ten Rules for Plant Selection. 1. Death & Taxus - Plant in wet sites. 2. Shade your rose garden unter der lindens. 3. Promote Japanese maples as the next grate street tree. 4. Try silver maples as foundation plants. 5. Companion plant tip of the day: Walnuts and tomatoes. 6. Plant ‘No Hopa’ crabapples. 7. White pines for the white lines. 8. Basic Rhody Cocktail: Lots of Water with a Lime Chaser 9. Forever Impatiens. 10. Zoysiagrass: Grave blankets of the future.

Dr. Tree-Vorkian’s Top 10 Prescriptions for Killing Trees: 

Dr. Tree-Vorkian’s Top 10 Prescriptions for Killing Trees Plant in wrong place Pestiferous trees Change the grade Limit root area Poor nutrition Poor pruning Excess salts Girdling Underwater Overwater

Chatmandu’s CommonSense Tree Care Cures: 

Chatmandu’s Common Sense Tree Care Cures Dr. Tree-Vorkian’s Top 10 Prescriptions for Killing Trees Provide a Good Home Prevention is Better Than Cure Remember Your Roots Provide Room to Grow Nature and Nurture Have a Weight-Loss Plan Avoid Overseasoning Wear Loose Clothing Drink Plenty of Liquids Don’t Drink Too Much Plant in wrong place Pestiferous trees Change the grade Limit root area Poor nutrition Poor pruning Excess salts Girdling Underwater Overwater

Chatmandu’s Common Sense Tree Care Cures: 

Chatmandu’s Common Sense Tree Care Cures Provide a Good Home Prevention is Better Than Cure Remember Your Roots Provide Room to Grow Nature and Nurture Have a Weight-Loss Plan Avoid Overseasoning Wear Loose Clothing Drink Plenty of Liquids Don’t Drink Too Much

“Diagnosis and Management of Spruce, Pine and Juniper Problems”CORRELATED CONFUSION CLARIFIED!Ohio Turfgrass ConferenceDecember 7, 1998: 

“Diagnosis and Management of Spruce, Pine and Juniper Problems” CORRELATED CONFUSION CLARIFIED! Ohio Turfgrass Conference December 7, 1998 Joe Boggs & Jim Chatfield OSU Extension

Major Foliar Diseases of Conifers:: 

Major Foliar Diseases of Conifers: Sphaeropsis (Diplodia) Tip Blight of Pine Cyclaneusma Needlecast of Pine Lophodermium Needlecast of Pine Rhizosphaera Needlecast of Spruce Phomopsis Tip Blight of Juniper

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Major Foliar Diseases of Conifers: Sphaeropsis (Diplodia) Tip Blight of Pine Cyclaneusma Needlecast of Pine Lophodermium Needlecast of Pine Rhizosphaera Needlecast of Spruce Phomopsis Tip Blight of Juniper

Major Foliar Diseases of Conifers:: 

Major Foliar Diseases of Conifers: Sphaeropsis (Diplodia) Tip Blight of Pine Cyclaneusma Needlecast of Pine Lophodermium Needlecast of Pine Rhizosphaera Needlecast of Spruce Phomopsis Tip Blight of Juniper

Major Foliar Diseases of Conifers:: 

Major Foliar Diseases of Conifers: Sphaeropsis (Diplodia) Tip Blight of Pine Cyclaneusma Needlecast of Pine Lophodermium Needlecast of Pine Rhizosphaera Needlecast of Spruce Phomopsis Tip Blight of Juniper

Major Foliar Diseases of Conifers:: 

Major Foliar Diseases of Conifers: Sphaeropsis (Diplodia) Tip Blight of Pine Cyclaneusma Needlecast of Pine Lophodermium Needlecast of Pine Rhizosphaera Needlecast of Spruce Phomopsis Tip Blight of Juniper

Major Foliar Diseases of Conifers:: 

Major Foliar Diseases of Conifers: Sphaeropsis (Diplodia) Tip Blight of Pine Cyclaneusma Needlecast of Pine Lophodermium Needlecast of Pine Rhizosphaera Needlecast of Spruce Phomopsis Tip Blight of Juniper

True or FalseIf there is brown foliage and tip dieback on junipers, it is probably due to Phomopsis tip dieback disease.: 

True or False If there is brown foliage and tip dieback on junipers, it is probably due to Phomopsis tip dieback disease.

True or FalseFoliar browning on Taxus plants is typically due to fungal leaf blight diseases.: 

True or False Foliar browning on Taxus plants is typically due to fungal leaf blight diseases.

True or FalseFoliar diseases of evergreens are typically controlled with curative fungicide applications.: 

True or False Foliar diseases of evergreens are typically controlled with curative fungicide applications.

True or FalseSphaeropsis (Diplodia) tip blight can occur on white pine and on spruce as well as Scotch, Austrian, red and mugo pines.: 

True or False Sphaeropsis (Diplodia) tip blight can occur on white pine and on spruce as well as Scotch, Austrian, red and mugo pines.

True or FalseRust diseases of evergreens are common in Ohio.: 

True or False Rust diseases of evergreens are common in Ohio.

True or FalseCedar quince rust can be damaging in Ohio not only to hawthorns, but also their eastern red cedar alternate hosts.: 

True or False Cedar quince rust can be damaging in Ohio not only to hawthorns, but also their eastern red cedar alternate hosts.

Who said: “The diagnosis of the varied problems of evergreens is the most noble profession of mankind, save the growing, nurturing and sale of said same jewels of nature.”: 

Who said: “The diagnosis of the varied problems of evergreens is the most noble profession of mankind, save the growing, nurturing and sale of said same jewels of nature.”

Things to Know About Juniper Blights: 

Things to Know About Juniper Blights Most Common: Phomopsis and Kabatina blights. Symptoms: Foliar discoloration, twig dieback of new growth (“6”) Symptoms: Phomopsis all season; Kabatina - March-June Infections: Phomopsis - spring, summer, fall; Kabatina - fall. Black, pimple-like fungal fruiting bodies visible with hand lens.

Control of Juniper Blights: 

Control of Juniper Blights Genetic resistance of Junipers to these blights. Site Junipers in sunny sites with good air movement. Prune infected tissue, but avoid heavy pruning; avoid pruning in wet weather. Fungicides: Coppers (e.g. Phyton-27), benzimidazoles (e.g. Cleary’s 3336)

More Information About Juniper Blights: 

More Information About Juniper Blights “Juniper Diseases”, Bulletin C-711, Kansas State University. CES, Manhattan, KS 66506 “Diseases of Landscape Plants”, Bulletin 614, Ohio State University Extension.

10 Things You Need to Know About Diplodia Tip Blight of Pine: 

10 Things You Need to Know About Diplodia Tip Blight of Pine Diplodia = Sphaeropsis Hosts: Mostly Scots, Austrian, red, mugo pines Infections: Greatest on 15-25 year-old trees Infections: Just before new candle growth in spring Symptoms: Dieback and starting of new growth.

10 Things You Need to Know About Diplodia Tip Blight of Pine - continued : 

10 Things You Need to Know About Diplodia Tip Blight of Pine - continued Symptoms: Lower branch dieback, possible tree death. Signs: black pycnidia on needles, cones Control: Prevention: Site and plant selection Control: Prevention: Proper plant care Control: Prevention: Fungicides