Selecting Best in Class Chemicals for Outdoor Treatments
Hello Tree Talk Community,
This is arborist and commercial pesticide applicator Matt Filla. This thread helps homeowners determine the best outdoor treatment solutions.
So you’re comparing treatment options for your outdoor problem. For example, let’s say you have Emerald Ash Borer. You hire a company who tells you they use excellent insecticide products with a long track record of success. They describe a soil injection method that lasts a full year. You sign the contract and become a perennial customer. Your mistakes? 1. ALWAYS ask the applicator to disclose which chemical they will be using for the treatment. Specifically, ask which active ingredient is in their treatment. The budget applicators you’re hiring for Emerald Ash Borer are using an inferior imidicloprid product for your treatments.
Research the active ingredient and calla treatment specialist such as Green Goddess for a second professional opinion. For Ash, trunk injection Emamectin Benzoate has extensive…
It is safest to prune Oak trees during the dormant season. Experienced arborists have an easier time distinguishing limbs that are partially alive from those that are dead. Pruning Oaks is best completed in February through early March although any time from December through early March is good timing. Risking a tree wound with a winter pruning is overall a better choice than pruning dead limbs during the growing season.
That said, skilled arborists pruning clearly dead limbs after leaf out is acceptable and extremely low risk when completed responsibly. Make sure you have a reputable tree surgeon for Oak pruning after leaf out.