Have you noticed yellowing leaves, pests, or poor growth on your trees? They’re trying to tell you something. These are all warning signs that your tree is declining– be it due to disease, root rot, or infestation. Basically, they’re signs that it’s probably time for some tree treatments.
PHC (plant health care) is a really proactive approach every homeowner should take toward keeping their trees healthy. Not all arborists offer it, but our team at Winkler Tree & Lawn Care is proud to specialize in it!
The benefits of tree treatments are multiple: from fortifying your tree for healthier growth, to preventing or eliminating disease or infestation. They even help reduce the need to use synthetic pesticides, and keep your entire ecosystem healthy. In this blog, we’re cutting to the root of tree treatments to give you an idea if they’re a good idea for your landscape. (Spoiler alert: they are!)
What Exactly Are Tree Treatments?
Plant health care involves the diagnosis, monitoring, and targeted treatment of trees, shrubs, and ornamentals. The types of tree treatments vary depending on the problem, but they can range from trunk injections and foliar sprays to deep root fertilization and nutrient management. If you think you might need tree treatments, our qualified arborists will come to you to give you a thorough tree health assessment to first diagnose the problem. After that, they’ll come up with a custom care plan for your plant, involving targeted treatment of the problem.
The Benefits of Tree Treatments
1. Early Detection and Prevention
As with all diseases, if you detect the problem early, you’ve got a better chance of treating it successfully. Investing in tree treatments can also help protect your tree against invisible threats, such as nutrient deficiency, disease, and early infestation. Our specialist team will assess, diagnose, and come up with a custom tree treatment plan based on your tree’s needs.
2. Improved Tree Health and Longevity
Not all of our tree treatments are performed on diseased or infested trees; we get a lot of homeowners come to us when they’re looking to boost their tree’s health and increase its longevity. Our deep root fertilization and nutrient management treatments are extremely popular with homeowners, because they improve the health of the tree from the ground up. Through a custom blend of essential nutrients, beneficial bacteria, micronutrients, humic acid and more beneficial ingredients, injected in-ground at the root growing area, the tree is better able to absorb nutrients, hold water, reverse mineral deficiencies, and stimulate growth.
It’s the perfect tree treatment for long-term vitality and a much reduced risk of decline
3. Pest and Disease Control
Tree treatments are extremely useful as part of pest and disease control. Foliar sprays in particular are excellent at preventing diseases and at reducing damaging insect populations within the tree. Trunk injections are also great for controlling insects, diseases, and nutrient deficiencies. Ever heard of the emerald ash borer? If you own an ash tree, you probably have! They’re incredibly invasive and, left to their own devices, will destroy all ash trees. Our trunk injections work really effectively to repel them and other insects and fungal diseases. In order to control insect damage within the tree we also offer soil injections, which are annual treatments designed to give long-lasting systemic protection from the inside out.
4. Reduced Need for Harsh Chemicals
Another benefit of tree treatments is that you can eliminate– or at least reduce– the need to use synthetic pesticides. By keeping unwanted insects and diseases at bay using safer tree treatments, you’re removing the need to resort to harsh chemicals. Our team at Winkler Tree & Lawn Care only uses synthetic pesticides when they’re absolutely necessary: where possible, we use our much more environment and tree-friendly treatments and injections. The benefits of using tree treatments instead of synthetic pesticides are that it’s much safer for the environment and for your property’s ecosystem,( including local insects that are actually beneficial to your trees).
5. Cost Savings Over Time
Proactive care always costs less than a reactive fix. If you don’t invest in tree treatments to keep disease and pests at bay, you run the risk of having your trees damaged irreparably. If disease or infestation isn’t nipped in the bud fast, then you could be looking at tree removal, which costs a lot more than tree treatments. And there’s another financial benefit of tree treatments that most homeowners don’t realize: by taking care of your trees and keeping them healthy and well-cared for, you’re adding to your property’s value. Diseased or dead trees give off an impression of neglect to potential buyers; healthy, green trees add value.
Why Choose Winkler Tree & Lawn Care for Tree Treatments?
Our team of qualified arborists are experts in assessing, diagnosing, and treating any tree-related issue. We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all fixes, we know that every treatment plan should be custom-prepared based on your trees’ needs. We’ll begin with a thorough tree health assessment, and only recommend courses of treatment that are necessary and beneficial to your trees. Our team’s extensive specialized training and experience means they know how to apply the treatment at the right time, in the right place, with the right materials. It’s targeted, custom care, and it works.
The goal of our targeted tree treatments isn’t just to fix issues like disease or infestation; the benefits of tree treatments are that you’re also strengthening and fortifying your tree against future threats, too. Let us help keep your trees (and your ecosystem) as healthy, strong, and vibrant as possible– so you can enjoy it for years to come.
Let’s Plan Your Tree Care Today!
If you’re concerned about yellowing leaves, disease, or insect infestation– or if you simply want to help your trees grow healthier and stronger– give us a call today to set up your free quote! We’ll create a custom tree treatment plan, just for you.
