You love your trees, unfortunately bugs love your trees to. A wide variety of insects will infest your trees searching for food, homes and nests. Many of these are harmless, but others will damage the trees and surrounding plants, or worse yet, potentially hurt you and your family. This is why you may need to spray your trees, killing the pests that would hurt it.
An arborist, working with a tree service company is one of the most knowledgeable people you can turn to when it comes to spraying trees to stop an infestation. They know what signs to look for when a tree needs to be sprayed, as well as what sprays will work best at a given time.
Preventive Tree Spray
A preventive spray is used before insects or diseases can get a foothold on the tree and begin to damage it. A good tree service company can determine whether the pest already has a presence in the tree and can immediately apply a preventive spray to stop the spreading of the diseases or an increase of the insects numbers.
Curative Tree Spray
When prevention doesn’t have the desired effect on your tree, a curative spray is your next in line. Once damage becomes visible on your tree, an arborist will spray your tree to prevent further damage.
Targeted Tree Spray
Unlike curative and preventive sprays, a targeted spray is specialized. It only kills a certain type of insect at a specific time of the season. This is typically to prevent insects from laying eggs on the tree, or to kill their eggs and larva.
Periodic Tree Spray
Periodic tree spray is done in regular basis. Tree service company conducts scheduled spraying to deal with an ongoing problem. The arborist inspects the tree for any sign of disease or infestation as they prune it. It is often done every 4-6 weeks to properly monitor the trees and deal with potential problems.
Spraying trees isn’t essential, but it’s important if you face the possibility of an infestation, or disease. It’s also important that only trained professionals attempt it, as the sprays can be bad for your health and the wrong spray could kill your tree.