Watering Your Trees

Watering Your Trees

Watering Your Trees Watering is a simple tool yet plays a crucial role in proper tree care that will help keep your landscape healthy and reduce some stress that may be affecting your trees. Trees need water in order to complete photosynthesis and transpire, which is...
Soil Injected Nutrients

Soil Injected Nutrients

Soil Injected Nutrients On this portion of The Bark we are going to be discussing the benefits of soil-injected nutrients along with signs and symptoms that you should keep an eye out for on your property. Although pruning is most often thought of to be the best thing...
Soil Profiles – Not Just Dirt!

Soil Profiles – Not Just Dirt!

Soil Profiles – Not Just Dirt! Soil provides vital and life-sustaining ecosystem services but is often underappreciated as a natural resource. It is essential for the functioning of urban ecosystems and the trees we plant in them! Trees require an adequate...
Black Knot Fungus

Black Knot Fungus

Black Knot Fungus The disease, Dibotryon morbosom, commonly known as Black knot fungus, gets its name from the black and knotty outgrowth it produces. Infection from this fungus occurs in the spring when spores are transmitted from wind or splashed in the rain onto...
Mulch Volcanoes!

Mulch Volcanoes!

Mulch Volcanoes! This is the time of year when you will start thinking about your landscape. One of the most common things to do with your landscape in the Spring is to clean out the debris that has accumulated in the mulch beds over the Winter and then spread a layer...