Plant Health Care Programs                

The Program Includes 5 Visits:                                                                       

Spring - Dormant Oil :

1. Applied to trees and shrubs to prevent the infestation of scales, mites and insects
2. Suffocates insects and eggs before they are able to hatch and spread                                                                                                            

Late Spring - Foliar Feeding

1. A fast-acting, nutrient treatment that plant foliage can use immediately 
2. Very beneficial for trees and shrubs that have experienced various kinds of stress (winter, etc). 

Early Summer - Foliar Feeding 

1. A boost for plants with micro nutrients 
2. Helps discourage insects from feeding on plants with micro nutrients

Late Summer - Foliar Feeding

1. Foliar feeding helps plants overcome any drought or disease damage 

Fall - Root Fertilizing

1. A deep root fertilizer that is injected into the soil 
2. Applied around perimeter of tree and as far out as the limbs extend
3. Going into the ground prevents surrounding vegetation from using up the nutrients or rain water from washing it away

Program Includes:

• Fertilizing of trees and shrubs
• Regular site inspections
• Insect Control (as needed)

Goals:

• Designed to maintain healthy plants
• Increase the health and vigor
• Prevent plant stress before it occurs
   

Tree & Shrub Fertilizing

There are two time frames that are best to fertilize trees, including:

Spring and Late Fall

Late Fall is the best time for root growth.

Spring nutrients are converted to essential plant compounds – sugars, carbohydrates and amino acids – that bolster stem, trunk and root growth.

Injecting fertilizer below the turf you can be confident that the nutrients are going into the tree and not being consumed by turf and ground covers.

Early Fall applications are generally NOT recommended because the resulting encouragement of growth that occurs may not allow adequate time for plants to harden off before the onset of winter.

Nutrient Deficiencies

Characteristics

Trees require a variety of available nutrients to thrive in their environment. A lack of required nutrients can lead to signs and symptoms of nutrient deficiencies.

Nutrient deficiencies are more common in urban landscapes where native soils have been altered. Soils in urban landscapes tend to have very little organic matter, poor porosity, and drainage issues. Nutrient deficiencies are of more importance in newly planted and young plants where rapid growth is desired.

Signs & Symptoms

A few of the common symptoms of nutrient deficiencies are: small chlorotic (yellow) leaves, dead leaf tips, dead leaf margins, and dieback of twigs. Signs and symptoms can vary depending on the deficiency. It can be difficult for an untrained eye to determine nutrient deficiencies as they often resemble damage from other abiotic disorders or damage from disease.

Treatment & Recommendations

In urban soils it is recommended that trees be provided with a slow release fertilizer and micronutrients. This improves the quality and fertility of the soil, which improves the vigor of trees. Scheduled annual applications of fertilizer and micronutrients work best. One time applications of fertilizer and micronutrients provide little to no results on trees and shrubs.

Talk with one of our arborists about fertilizing to build healthier trees and shrubs.

Additional Plant Health Care Services

Site Inventory / Appraisals

Root Excavation / Pruning

Evergreen Program (Intensive)

Implant (Nutrient/Insect)

Salt Damage

Emerald Ash Borer

Japanese Beetle 

Birch Leaf Miner