Arborist Tips for Proper Mulching Mulches are used in landscape for a variety of reasons including aesthetics, but one of the most beneficial reasons to use mulch is to maintain good tree health. Early winter is a great time to apply mulch. Mulch doesn’t keep plants warm but it does help the soil maintain a [...]

Many of the hemlocks in Massachusetts have been affected by woolly adelgid. If you’ve noticed a white “woolly looking fuzz” on your Hemlocks, it’s a sure sign that the woolly adelgids are making a home in your trees. Once the infestation has taken hold, you’ll notice that the tree has little or no new growth on limbs and [...]

Top 10 Winter Tree Care Tips from Tree Tech Arborists It’s important to evaluate trees for weaknesses that can be susceptible to winter weather. Here are ten winter tree care tips to help you prevent problems to trees and shrubs. • Remove fallen leaves from beneath disease susceptible trees and shrubs, (dogwoods, crabapples) • Prune disease infected limbs [...]

Homeowners Fall Tree & Shrub Check List: Tree Pruning: Good time of year for pruning. Prepare your trees in the fall for the winter snow and ice storms so the damage will be minimal, if any. Come spring, they will be healthy and looking good! Tree Removal: If you have trees in your yard that [...]

Many people are familiar with using compost as a fertilizer to improve plant health. However, compost has many other beneficial uses such as erosion control and turf remediation, just to name a few. According to the Department of Agriculture, the U.S. loses more than 2 billion tons of topsoil each year due to erosion. Erosion [...]

Dry weather can be detrimental to tree and shrub health. Low precipitation and midsummer drought conditions can adversely affects trees and shrubs and overall plant health. Both the mortality of newly planted trees and shrubs and the growth and aesthetic appeal of established landscape plants can be compromised. Signs of stress from poor water conditions [...]

Lace bug continues to be a problem for azaleas and broad leafed evergreens, especially andromeda. Plants should be treated in june when they are active. Using merit (imidacloprid) in the fall will help protect susceptable plants the following season. This can eliminate timing and weather related issues the following spring. While not lethal, lace bug [...]

At Tree Tech, we’re dedicated to providing you with the best tree service in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including great advice from our certified arborists. Here are some tips on insect control for spring: April is a good time to schedule chemical tree treatments for winter moth and other plant damaging insects. Moisture is necessary [...]

Winter Tree Care: Did you know that winter can be the best time of year to have work done on your trees and shrubs? With improved access, no threat of insect and disease, no flower beds and visibility of plant structure without leaves, easier clean up less landscape sensitivity all allows work on your property [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Suzanne Walker December 14, 2010 (508) 543-5644 or Suzanne@treetechinc.net Tree Tech Opens Satellite Office in Marshfield, Massachusetts After 24 years of successful tree service operation out of Foxboro, Massachusetts, Tree Tech Inc. one of the premier providers of tree care services in the Northeast—recently announced the opening of a satellite office [...]