Fertilizing

Trees are an indispensable part of a landscape. Their establishment and maintenance concern homeowners, arborists, and municipal foresters. The proper care of trees involves the knowledge and use of many cultural practices such as trimming, mulching and watering, but should also include fertilizing.

Benefits of Fertilizing
Trees, like people, need their essential elements to lead a flourishing, healthy life. Fertilizing maintains health and increases vigor of trees.

Diseases and insects are less likely to attack stressed trees, fertilizing encourages vitality to relieve trees from stress.

Established trees that are weakened by foliar diseases, insects, mechanical injury, soil compaction, or drought often show poor growth or dieback. Fertilizing stimulates vegetative growth which helps the tree compensate for the conditions that caused the decline.

Do not wait until a problem occurs to fertilize your trees. Trees should be fertilized at least once a year to maintain the proper amount of nutrients needed to stay healthy. Remember, many problems do not normally occur when trees are kept well fertilized and watered.

Mycorrhizal fungi are an essential part of all healthy plant growth and survival. Mycorrhizae works as an extension of the plants roots to help the plant take up soil nutrients and water in exchange for a steady source of sugars.

Application of mycorrhizae through hydroinjections into the root zone area of trees when fertilizing promotes healthy root performance, provides a natural defense against root disease and pest assault, improves trees longevity and survival, and adds essential elements to the soil.

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