As much of the gulf coast, costal Mississippi was impacted. The abnormal amount of salt water washed up caused a great many trees in the area to begin declining in health. These trees in this study are located at the Imperial Casino in Biloxu, MS. This particular live oak had severe damage from hurricane Katrina, with her 28 ft. waves. Fulgham’s Inc. Patented treatment was able to save this tree.
Mr. Lobell’s home is located at the old club house for Audubon Golf course. The two trees shown below previously had a parking lot built around them. The soil was severely compacted. House construction and landscaping further impacted the trees. Fulgham’s patented process was able to redevelop the soil by alleviating soil compaction, while restoring vital nutrients to the soil. These trees have stopped declining and are showing recovery and increased vigor.
Fallen Oaks Golf Course located in Biloxi, MS undertook a huge project to transplant four full grown oak trees in 2008. Moving trees of this size is an extremely tricky task. Root loss from transplanting takes a toll on the trees’ health, especial for trees of this age. A year after the trees were moved, Fulgham’s began treatment. Because of the large amount of damage sustained, it took several years to reestablish the root system; nonetheless, Fulgham’s Inc was able to bring these trees back to their prior glory. If you would like to see the trees being moved, it was featured on the History Channel’s Mega Movers. Click here to watch the episode.
The Flint RiverQuarium is part of an urban renewal project. The location where these trees were planted is an old building site. The building was torn down and these trees were planted on the old foundation. During the first treatment, the ground was so compacted that Chuck Norvel, the local Georgia Forestry Commission agent had to drill holes so we could get the injection probe in the soil. When we made the second treatment in September, there was a noticeable different in the looseness of the soil. We could easily push the injection probe into the soil in a normal fashion. We also saw evidence that the trees were already responding to the treatments.
Prior to 2007, a construction project was completed in the front yard. In the area between the house and Live oak, irrigation trenches were cut around the tree and six inches of soil was added along with plants…..
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Mississippi Roads, a well known PBS show which showcases some of the best things Mississippi has to offer, covers our very own Bob Fulgham. He discusses the origin of our patented machine, as well as showing the machine in action.
Due to our work on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, we were named Arborist of the Year in 2013. You can read a full write up here!
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