Root zone enhancement and pest management
Enhance your tree’s foundation with our Root Zone Enhancement to boost nutrient absorption. We protect this health with tailored Pest Management solutions against damaging insects and diseases.
Understanding Pest Management
What is a Pest?
A pest is any living (biotic) or non-living (abiotic) entity which adversely affects any part of a woody plant. Japanese beetles feed on foliage and reduce the overall capacity for the plant to manufacture foods through photosynthesis. Emerald ash borer feed on the vascular system of the tree preventing transpirational water from the ground to the canopy, root invading fungi colonize root systems preventing water and nutrients from getting into the plant system.
Examples of abiotic pests are drought, soil compaction, trunk injuries from weed whackers and mowers, mulching against the upper trunk portion of a plant and soil nutrient deficiencies. Pest management needs a comprehensive solution based approach taking into account ecological results. Managing drought stress is much more than watering.
Arborists Are Not Foresters
We consider the tree, the site, and a tree owner’s needs to offer recommendations for care based on each specific tree. Our job is to mimic an entire ecological forest system to an individual system for each tree. There is a huge difference.
Peer reviewed studies over the past two decades have consistently proven that the urban forest makes quality of life psychologically and functionally better across every metric.
Tree Energy Allocation Systems
Trees are living things, and have only so much energy to allocate to different functions within the realm of tree biology. The main 4 systems that trees allocate their energy to are:
Growth
Determines how much energy will be spent on adding root and leaf mass. One way to determine how much energy a tree has been spending on growth is to look at the bud scars, and see how much shoot elongation has occurred in the past few years.
Reproduction
How much energy the tree has put into making seeds in order to spread its genetics. After all, reproduction is a fundamental characteristic in all species of living things.
Storage
Seen in the form of carbohydrates, starches and sugars that are stored in the roots to maintain functionality throughout the dormant season and as reserves during times of stress such as drought or pest induced defoliation.
Defense
The ability for a tree to ward off pests and diseases. The more stressed a tree is, the less energy it has to allocate for defense, making it an easier target for biotic pests.
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