Preparing Your Landscape For Spring
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April showers bring May flowers but it also brings weeds, insects and spring storms. Make sure that your landscape is ready for spring by following these simple guidelines:
- Prune fruit and woody trees (Ash, Birch, Oaks and Pines).
- Apply dormant oil to help protect and control over-wintering insects.
- Apply a fungicide to Crabapples, Hawthorns and Pines to help protect them from disease.
- Stimulate new spring tree growth with a deep root fertilization treatment.
- Clean out dead plants and debris from last year's garden beds.
- Apply a fruit reducer to Pin Oaks and Sweet Gum trees to lessen fruit production.
- Prepare lawns with an early per-emergent fertilization and an application for broadleaf weed control.
- Sign up for your spring sprinkler evaluation and activation.
Is your landscape ready for spring? Contact your local Arbor Masters® professionals for a list of spring services in your area.
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An Ounce of Prevention....
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Preventative treatments for the Emerald Ash Borer have begun in Kansas City. This destructive insect has been responsible for the death of millions of Ash trees from Massachusetts to Iowa and was discovered in Wyandotte County last year.
A treatment program, providing protection from the Emerald Ash Borer, can be determined by a Certified Arborist. Make sure that your valuable Ash trees are protected. Contact the experts at Arbor Masters® for your Ash tree evaluation.
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The Benefits of Mulch
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Adding mulch to your landscape not only helps the environment but provides a striking backdrop to your trees, shrubs and plants. Mulch offers additional benefits such as weed control, moisture retention, soil erosion prevention and adds additional nutrients to the soil. The recommended amount of mulch for your trees and landscape is between 2 and 3 inches and should be spread out evenly around the base of trees and throughout the garden. Too much mulch can prohibit water absorption and oxygen vital for plants, shrubs and trees to survive.
Enrich the beauty of your landscape with decorative and functional mulch. Contact the landscape experts at Arbor Masters® of Kansas City to learn more about the benefits of mulch.
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Arbor Masters of Tulsa is Now TCIA Accredited!
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Congratulations to Arbor Masters® Tree Service of Tulsa, Oklahoma. They were recently awarded accreditation by the Tree Care Industry Association!
The TCIA is instrumental in setting the standards for the tree care industry in training, safety and continuing education for tree care companies and their employees.
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