Plant Health Care

Testing &
Diagnostic Services

Using in-house and outside laboratory analysis we can determine key factors affecting your plant's health, from disease, pest, to inadequate soil. After each visit to your property, we will provide a report detailing our findings and any important changes to the landscape we observed. We will also include recommendations for any services that would be beneficial.

If your plants are exhibiting these symptoms, you may want to give us a call:
• Gradual defoliation of plant material
• Wilting of leaves or flowers
• Reduction in fruit production
• Increase in epicormic shoots and water sprouts
• Rapid tree decline & tree failure.

Examples of tree samples we submit for analysis:
• Elm material to test for Dutch Elm Disease or other elm diseases
• Spruce material to test for fungal and insect pathogens

• Any condition we are concerned with and are looking to gather more information on prior to prescribing treatment.

Soil Remediation

Often stress in a tree can correlate directly with issues in its soil. In order to support the relationship between the soil and the tree, certain aspects of the soil need to be addressed. Common issues can be caused by compaction, nutrient deficiency/surplus, girdling roots, or buried root flares. Some projects may require multiple visits, however with improved soils both your garden and your trees can thrive for years to come.

Examples of Soil applications:

Soil injection of beneficial microbes and biostimulates
Broadcasting nutritive compounds
Trunk injections of nutritive compounds
Vertical mulching
Root flare excavation
Invasive removals
Composting
Mulching
Soil aeration

Pesticide Applications

In certain cases pesticides are the only effective way to treat aggressive and invasive pests in our area. At times, we rely on pesticide treatments to preserve a viable tree and promote long term health and survival. We are dedicated to utilizing safe practices regarding pesticides, and always start with the least invasive approaches to protect the tree and the environment it inhabits.

Examples of pesticide applications:
• Trunk injections of ash trees for Emerald Ash Borer Beetle
• Basal trunk sprays of hemlocks for Hemlock Woolly Adelgid & Hemlock Scale
• Trunk injections of elm trees for Dutch Elm Disease
• Trunk injections and soil drenches of spruce trees for various fungal and insect infestations.

Home Orchard Services

When growing fruit trees, whether it be a couple apples in your back yard to a large scale orchard, it is important to have a solid management system in place to help support production and longevity. We offer an organic orchard management program performed throughout the growing season to help prevent and manage pests. This includes 5-8 treatments, depending on pest pressure, performed between March-September. When correctly timed, orchard treatments can significantly reduce pest pressure while helping support a large crop production. We also offer winter pruning of your fruit trees, as well as soil work.

Examples of fruit tree pests we address:

Peach leaf curl
Fire blight
Apple scab
Rust diseases
Brown rot
Codling moth
Mites
Leafrollers

Stewardship Services

We offer regularly scheduled assessments of your property throughout the year that include detailed reports and recommendations for the treatment of your plants. Additionally, we will provide our observations regarding risk, structural integrity, and overall plant health and vigor.

During our initial meeting, we will share our observations of your property, discuss areas of concern, and recommendations to address them. Afterward, with your choice of bi-weekly, monthly or bi-monthly visits, we will monitoring the health of your trees and landscape. This will allow us to observe your plant development and remediate any concerns.

Tree Risk Assessment: As part of our stewardship services, we offer tree inspections to evaluate risk and recommend appropriate remediation when necessary. We are also available throughout the year to address storm damage, or to assist in managing construction projects in order to mitigate tree root damage.

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Plant Health Care

Testing & Diagnostic Services

Huson Valley Tree Care.

We know your trees like you know your home. Trust us to take care of them.

Testing &
Diagnostic Services