our insect & disease control
When trees (or shrubs) are fighting certain insect or disease infestations, we recommend a four-step treatment program to get the problems under control. In certain situations we may recommend one or any combination of treatments to best suit your situation.
The suggested four-step program includes:
- Early Spring: A coating of dormant oil sprayed on dormant trees and shrubs to control over-wintering insects. A blend of balanced fertilizer will be injected or broadcast to strengthen root systems and to enhance summer growth, flowering and general appearance.
- Spring: This is a time insects and diseases can devastate your plant material if allowed to develop unchecked. An application of insecticide and fungicide to the foliage will control the insects and diseases common to this area.
- Early Summer: The summer heat encourages development of a whole new population of insects and disease problems. Sucking insects like aphids and mites and chewing insects like leaf beetles along with diseases such as powdery mildew, scab or blight can cause damage. We specially mix a combination of insecticide and fungicide to control your tree and/or shrub problems.
- Late Summer: With this final application of insecticide and fungicide, we rid your trees and shrubs of disease and late-hatching insects and eliminate the pest that would over-winter without treatment.
NOTE: For more information about the Emerald Ash Borer, please click here: Emerald Ash Borer.
our Soil Analysis
When a situation calls for more specific information regarding a soil's physical make-up, its available nutrients, or other growing conditions, Barnes will sample the soil and send those samples to a certified soil testing laboratory.