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Hawks Tree Service
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Serving Ketchum, ID and surrounding areas

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Super Service Award Winner

In business since 2020

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"Did a great job removing my tree and cleaning up afterwards. Highly recommend if you need tree removal or trimming"
Trimming Trees
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Keep those big trees safe!
Response time2 days
Response rate91%
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Black Forrest Construction, LLC
New to Angi

Serving Ketchum, ID and surrounding areas

In business since 2022

Free estimates

Small jobs welcome

Welcome to Black Forrest Construction, we are a General Contracting, Framing and Restoration company. We build homes from South East Idaho to the Salt Lake area. We specialize in framing and managing home builds but we do have qualified team members who can help with all sorts of construction needs from interior to landscaping! Give us a call and see why we are the best of the best!

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Arborists questions, answered by experts

Since each tree is different, it’s impossible to say how long a dead tree can remain on your property. While it could be days, months, or even years, it’s highly likely that, at some point, the tree will fall. In the meantime, dying or dead trees can become a haven for pests, so it’s best to have them removed sooner rather than later.

Rock salt or Epsom salt can damage and kill tree roots over several weeks and can even assist in removing the tree's stump. However, you need to drill holes or cut into the stump and surface tree roots to inject them properly with the salt. Repeat the process every two weeks until the roots visibly rot away.

You’ll want to have your palm trees trimmed during the spring, ideally in May, before hurricane season sets in, which generally takes place during the late summer. Palm trees grow fastest over the summer months. You’ll also want to trim your palm trees when you notice:

  • Brown fronds 

  • Dry leaves

  • Flower pods

  • Fruit

  • Fronds overgrown in power lines

  • Frond encroaching upon your neighbor’s home or yard 

  • Visible damage from a storm

Transporting a fully-grown tree requires heavy equipment, typically specialized for the task. A tree spade is a truck-mounted tool that removes the tree from the ground in one location, transports it, and places it in a new hole in a new location. A combination of mechanized shovels and lifts is necessary to move very large trees, and the exact tools often depend on location and the surrounding area.

A general rule is that trees need 10 gallons of water for each inch of the tree’s diameter. For large trees, that can amount to approximately 160 gallons of water or more. Watering big trees to this extent can take quite a bit of time using a hose. For this reason, you may consider installing a soaker hose or sprinkler system to make the job easier.  

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