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 [...]
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The Invasion of the White Tail: Deer Repellent and other Treatment options Deer damage is becoming an increasing problem in our area. With real estate development in suburban areas, a lack of natural predators and an abundance of food in gardens and ornamental landscapes, has the White-tailed Deer populations are thriving. Deer feed on over [...]
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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 [...]
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Oriental Bittersweet, an exotic vine from Eastern Asia is just one of many plants on the USDA’s list of invasive plant species. Other commonly used names for this plant include Asiatic bittersweet, round-leaved bittersweet, Oriental staff vine, climbing spindle berry. Originally introduced as an ornamental, Oriental bittersweet is a vine that smothers plants and uproots [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Many Massachusetts area Hemlocks have been hit by the hemlock woolly adelgid. The woolly adelgid have no native predators, which makes it extremely difficult to fight. Concerned about your hemlocks? If they have a grayish appearance and are dropping needles, especially on the interior of the branches, then you may have an infestation of hemlock woolly adelgid. The hemlock woolly [...]
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Trees damaged or defoliated by the winter moth insect will benefit from an application of organic fertilizer & bio-stimulants. Weeping cherries were hard hit by winter moth in the Worcester Massachusetts area. Deep watering during dry periods and our method of fertilization will help in their recovery. Tree Tech complete tree service now includes large size, tree transplanting [...]
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According to the U.S.D.A, 38,000 trees susceptible to the Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB) were treated last summer in Massachusetts. Wondering if your trees have been affected by the Asian Longhorned Beetle? Here’s what to look for. – Adult body length ranges from 0.75” – 1.5” – Crisp white spots on the back – Body color [...]
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Another pest affecting the similar plants to those afflicted by lace bug are “scale” insects and meeley bug. These “sucking” insects are common to holly, rhododendron, yews and azalea. The injury to these plants are caused by the insects piercing, sucking mouth parts. The draining of vasular fluids is stressful as is the blackcoating on [...]