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Facts, not a sales pitch

The facts boards and managers ask us for.

Every fact carries its source: UF/IFAS, ISA, Florida law, or our own field records. Read them in two minutes. Print the one-page brief for your next board packet.

Facts for board membersFacts for managers
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Five facts to start with

30palms and trees lost in about two years4palm diseases with no cure80%canopy health is NormalMay to Sepplan in the manager’s handsAug 1price-change notice

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Seventeen facts for each job.

For HOA, POA, CDD and ISD board membersFacts for board members

Seventeen sourced facts, ten questions to ask any vendor, and who decides what between the board, the manager and the arborist.

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For community, district and property managersFacts for managers

Seventeen practical facts on budget timing, coverage, lab results, reports, pruning and storms, plus what to ask any vendor.

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AlsoThe budget-season calendarFind the page for your job

The five, with sources

What every board member and manager should know.

30palms and trees lost in about two years

A community can lose 30 palms and trees in about two years.

A community with a few thousand palms and trees can lose 30 or more of them to pests and disease over about two years, often with every usual contract in place.

Ptolemy field experience, Southwest Florida
4palm diseases with no cure

Four palm diseases have no cure once they are established.

Lethal bronzing, Fusarium wilt, Ganoderma butt rot and Thielaviopsis trunk rot. Once a palm is infected, the decisions are about the palms around it. That is why protection has to come before infection.

UF/IFAS; Ptolemy program standard
80%canopy health is Normal

Normal is the goal: 80 percent canopy health.

Where a service grades condition, every palm is graded Normal, Fair, Poor, Critical or Dead. We do not use “good” or “excellent.” Normal means 80 percent canopy health or better. It is the goal for every palm and tree we manage on a community budget: a management target, not a guarantee.

Ptolemy rating scale
May to Sepplan in the manager’s hands

The plan has to reach you between May and September.

Builder-managed communities start budgets in June, golf in July, and most HOA boards meet around mid-September. Districts run an October 1 fiscal year. A number that arrives after your budget closes waits a year.

Our clients’ budget calendars; s. 190.008, F.S. for CDDs
Aug 1price-change notice

You can know next year’s number before you vote.

On our agreements, any price change is noticed in writing by August 1 and takes effect January 1, ahead of most budget adoptions.

Ptolemy agreement terms
The board budget briefOne printable page: the problem, what one plan covers, how it fits the budget, and the questions to ask any vendor. No sales pitch.
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ISA Certified ArboristInternational Society of Arboriculture memberTree Care Industry Association memberFlorida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association memberLandscape Inspectors Association of Florida

ISA Certified Arborist #FL-10118A · TRAQ · Prescription Pruning Qualified · Licensed Florida pest control business

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Next: if you sit on the boardFacts for board members

Seventeen sourced facts, ten questions for any vendor, and who decides what.

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OrIf you manage the propertyFacts for managersPlans and budgetsThe budget-season calendar

Before budget season

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We map every palm and tree, write the plan, and present it to your board.

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