Our integrated Plant Health Care program is designed to provide the most environmentally responsible methods for controlling plant damaging insect and diseases. Our highly trained Plant Health Care technicians will be scouting your property examining your landscape for signs of insect and disease activity. Once your property's condition has been determined, control methods will carefully be applied insuring that only the areas of the landscape that require intervention are treated. Some of environmentally responsible methods include:

• Horticultural Oils
• Insecticidal Soaps
• Beneficial Nematodes
• Soil Drenches and Injections
• Aerification of Compacted soils
• Hand Pruning of Nests or Localized Infestations
• Mauget Systemic Injection Systems
• Custom Blended Deep Root Liquid Fertilization

The Basic Program consists of five scouts or property visits.

SCOUT ONE - EARLY SPRINGTIME - Horticultural oils are usedfor the control of early hatching harmful insects such as Adlegids oils are used for the control of early hatching harmful insects such as Adlegids, Mealy Bugs, and Scales. Other insects controlled at this time include Tent Caterpillars and Pine Sawfly.

SCOUT TWO - SPRING - Horticultural Oils, Systemics, Beneficial Nematodes and Insecticidal Soaps are used for the control of Caterpillars, Mealy Bugs, Sawfly, Scales, Leafminers and Black Vine Weevil.

SCOUT THREE - LATE SPRING - Horticultural oils, Systemics and Beneficial Nematodes are used for the control of Mites, Scales, Caterpillars and Black Vine Weevil.

SCOUT FOUR - SUMMER - Summer Oils are used to protect Ornamental Woody Plants and Evergreens from warm weather insects such as Mites, Adelgids, Webworms and Scales.

SCOUT FIVE - FALL - Horticultural Oils are once again used to control late season insects, which are laying eggs for the next season. These insects include Mites Scales and Adelgids.

Seasonal Visits Outline

Reasons Seasonal Visits are designed to keep the arborist and client current with developing issues and conditions on properties maintained by Emerald Tree and Landscape are:

• Seasonal and climatic changes
• Environmental Stress
• Weather related damage
• Mechanical injuries
• Adjustments and evaluations of the effectiveness of existing Plant Health Care Programs
• Changes in Landscape or landscape use

Are all-important reasons why we need to keep in close contact with our clients to insure that our properties remain in the very best of condition.