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Snow and Woody Plants

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:11:26 +0000

Snow is both a friend and a foe to trees and shrubs. It causes damage as we know, but it also protects plants and their roots from temperature extremes that would otherwise kill them.

Snow damages a plant by bending, breaking, splitting, and falling or uprooting. In Minnesota, conifers are typically the only trees to have leaves in the winter. Typically speaking these trees are resistent to snow damage with the exception of white pines and arborvitae. Deciduous trees without leaves are not effected. However in rare cases we get an early snow while the deciduous trees still have leaves. This causes widespread damage of bending, breaking and splitting.

(This information was taken from TCIA press release called ‘Snow and Woody Plants’

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Landscape Maintenance

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:35:28 +0000

Getting ready for spring means planning your yard work. If you contract out yard services, don’t let your lawn guys do your trees. Every year I hear of so many companies spraying for insects or diseases that can’t even be controlled at the time they are spraying. A lack of knowledge creates a vacuum for money. However if you use a company that has thorough knowledge of the entire plant, from the roots up, you will find that your dollars actually accomplish your goals of keeping your plants healthy and beautiful year after year.

Renewal services for trees and shrubs

Renewal services for trees and shrubs

admin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:47:36 +0000

This is the time of year that people are receiving renewal contracts from their lawn companies. Those services that address tree and shrub health should be looked at carefully. If they are recommending fertilization for trees and shrubs more than once per year, they are using products that could be harmful to the plants. If they are recommending spraying trees for a fungus or an insect, you should get a second opinion from a certified arborist. Often these are sprayed at the wrong times to control the pest, or the pest is not even a threat to the health of the tree. This is money wasted.

Maier Forest and Tree offers free evaluations for your tree and shrub health needs. Our plant health care program makes a real difference in the short and long term health and beauty of your plants.

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Arbor-Jet System

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:07:41 +0000

Nate Runke, our Plant Health Specialist, met today with the ArborJet founder to discuss our plans to treat EAB. Using TreeAge through the ArborJet system looks like a very promising treatment that gets multiple years of protection and can treat trees that are already infected. We are looking at all possible options but it appears we’ll have at least one good option…maybe more??

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