Plant Treeage: A Method for Developing Plant Health Management Practices ENLTT Sunday Seminars Janua

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Plant Treeage A Method for Developing Plant
Health Management PracticesENLTT Sunday
SeminarsJanuary 25, 1998
Joe Boggs, Jim Chatfield and Erik Draper Ohio
State University Extension
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Plant Treeage A Plant Health Management Concept

• Three Categories
• Group 1 Plant will remain healthy without
  intervention.
• Group 2 Plant will decline even
  with intervention.
• Group 3 Plant health will be improved by
  intervention.

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Plant Treeage

• Group 1 - Insects Plant will remain healthy
  without intervention.
• Fall Webworms

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Plant Treeage

• Group 2 - Insects Plant will decline even
  without intervention.
• Pine Bark Beetles

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Plant Treeage

• Group 3 - Insects Plant will be improved
  through intervention.
• Gypsy Moths

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Plant Treeage

• Group 1 - Diseases Plant will remain healthy
  without intervention.
• Tar Spot of maple

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Plant Treeage

• Group 2 - Diseases Plant will decline even
  with intervention.
• Vascular Wilt diseases

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Plant Treeage

• Group 3 - Diseases Plant health will be
  improved through intervention.
• Rose Black Spot

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Plant Treeage

• Group 1 - Horticulture Plant will remain
  healthy without intervention.
• - Staking

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Plant Treeage

• Group 2 - Horticulture Plant will decline even
  with intervention.
• - Soil pH

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Plant Treeage

• Group 3 - Horticulture Plant health will be
  improved through intervention.
• - Pruning

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Plant Treeage

• Treeage categories for Boggs/Chatfield/Draper
• Treeage Team
• Group 1 Fall Webworms, Tar Spot of Maple,
  Staking
• Group 2 Pine Bark Beetles, Vascular Wilt
  Diseases, Soil pH
• Group 3 Gypsy Moths, Rose Black
• Spot, Pruning

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Your Treeage Categories

• Put the insects, diseases, and cultural practices
  you listed for your businesses into PLANT TREEAGE
  categories.

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Treeage Category Group 1

• Plants will remain healthy without intervention.

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Treeage Category Group 2

• Plants will decline even with intervention.

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Treeage Category Group 3

• Plant health will be improved with intervention.

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Plant Treeage Perspective

• 1. Plant health is not the only consideration.

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Plant Treeage Perspective

• 2. Your business dictates your treeage criteria.

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Plant Treeage Perspective

• 3. Treeage is Dynamic.

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Plant Treeage

• A pest management decision-making concept for
  selecting the best course of action.