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Pest Control

Whether you’re dealing with spongy moths (a.k.a. gypsy moths) or mite and insect damage, Arbortech has a safe and effective solution.

Spongy Moth Treatment

Protect your trees from spongy moth damage with our expert treatment solutions, designed to stop infestations and restore your landscape’s health. Our proven treatments target these destructive pests at every stage, ensuring long-term protection for your property. Serving Pike County, Pennsylvania and Bergen and Sussex County, New Jersey we specialize in safe, effective treatments tailored to safeguard your trees and keep your outdoor spaces thriving.

Other Pests

From woolly adelgids damaging your hemlock trees to disease-carrying tick infestations threatening children and pets, our treatment plans don’t just protect your plants—they protect your family as well.

Treatment Options

Foliar applications, soil injections, basal trunk drenches, trunk injections, cedar oil applications, baits, and traps are all considerations when determining how to control a particular pest infestation. Taking into account your environmental concerns and preferences is part of the Arbortech Advantage.

Spongy Moth

The spongy moth (a.k.a. gypsy moth) is an invasive, destructive pest that presents significant risks to our local forests. Spongy moths defoliate trees by consuming all or almost all of their leaves, eliminating their ability to photosynthesize. Without photosynthesis, trees cannot produce the resources they need to survive.

Mites

Mites are not insects. They belong to the Arachnid class, just like spiders and ticks. Most mites cannot be seen with the naked eye. A good indicator of mite activity is the presence of silk-like webbing. Stippling or color change in plants is also a sign mites may be active. Mites damage trees by sucking cell contents from foliage. They will do their damage primarily during hot weather, though there are mites that feed in the cooler months as well.

Fireblight

Fireblight is a bacterial infection that can become prominent in wet weather conditions in the early spring. This bacterium can cause the death of buds, leaves, flowers and new growth. The decline from fireblight in our area is usually found on Crabapple, Callery Pear, Cotoneaster, Spirea, Mountain Ash and Quince.

Anthracnose

Anthracnose is a fungal disease that can affect both shade and ornamental trees. Some of its victims can be Ash, Oak, Sycamore, Basswood, Black Walnut, Birch, Tulip, Dogwood, Catalpa, Horse Chestnut, Hickory and Maple trees. This fungus attacks the foliage and can re-infect year after year, resulting in a weakened tree which is susceptible to secondary problems such as insect infestations, Canker and Witches Broom.

Tree & Shrub Disease

Treatment programs are specific to the species and conditions affecting your property. Treatments are designed to maximize longevity with minimal or no ecological impact.

Fungal Treatments

The majority of tree diseases are caused by fungi that are weather related. Fungal diseases can affect the roots, leaves and needles, trunks, and vascular systems of trees and shrubs. Our protective treatments work well to mitigate fungus development. Control methods range from foliar sprays and trunk injections to broader cultural practices.

Soil Aeration

Secondary problems, such as insect infestations, disease pathogens or pathological decline, are the result of a primary condition. The soil environment that is home for your trees must exhibit mineral, organic matter, water, and air in adequate proportions. Arbortech has the experience to recognize damaging soil conditions and the ability to correct it with the most modern equipment available.

Tree Fertilization

Plant vigor is essential for maintaining landscape trees and shrubs. The stress of urban and suburban landscapes usually comes from a lack of the natural resources that nourish trees. When leaf debris is removed, your plants’ source of food goes with it. An appropriate invigoration program must take into account tree age and species, existing soil conditions, current tree health, location, and what specific nutrients are most needed.

Physiological Issues

Most of the problems affecting trees and shrubs are the direct result of human activity. Trees affected by physiological problems are often misdiagnosed as suffering from insect infestations or disease decline. Recognizing these problems takes a trained tree expert with years of experience.

Temperature Fluctuations

Reactions to cool and cold temperatures are referred to as cold tolerance. The tolerance of living tree cells to dehydration and ice crystal formation is known as hardening. Fluctuating temperatures can disrupt hardening in the middle of winter, making trees more vulnerable to cold damage. You can help your trees and shrubs recover by feeding and invigorating them at the proper times.

The Arbortech Advantage

Knowing what plants go where and how to properly prepare and adjust a landscape site requires a certified arborist. We diagnose the root cause of physiological problems, teach clients about optimal cultural and design practices, and put your landscape back on the right path.

Transplant Shock

Transplant shock is a term used to describe a number of stresses that can occur on newly transplanted trees and shrubs. It pertains to the plant being unable to adapt to or accept its new environment. It usually involves a plants failure to root well. These factors start in the nursery and may occur at any time, often as many as five years after transplant. If the wrong tree is planted in the wrong place it will almost certainly suffer from transplant shock at some point.

Scorch

Leaf Scorch can be attributed to both biotic (living) and abiotic (environmental) agents. Scorch, pollution and excessive moisture may all reveal the same type of damage. It takes a professional to determine what is happening. Trees that are not appropriate for their location are more susceptible than others to the damage caused by scorch, heat stress, reflective heat from black-top, exhaust fumes, and limited root mass among other factors.

Soil Compaction

Soil compaction can be one of the most damaging factors in maintaining good healthy trees. Compacted soil constrains root growth by acting as a physical barrier to root development and oxygen movement. Some helpful tips to lessen compaction damage may include: mulching, soil amendments, deep tillage or subsoiling, core aeration, air spading, vertical mulching and installing aeration stations.

Lightning Damage

Lightning damage is always a concern. Contrary to the old saying, “lightning never strikes twice,” we have seen many trees that have been struck on several occasions. The tallest trees are the most vulnerable to lightning strike. Trees in open groves, on hilltops, or close to buildings where wiring and plumbing may enhance ground conductivity are always at the top of the susceptible list.

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