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WHY FERTILIZE LANDSCAPE TREES?

WHY FERTILIZE LANDSCAPE TREES?

Most folks are familiar with the idea that cultivated plants like crops, flowers and vegetable plants require fertilizing to grow well. However, we arborists are often asked why trees need fertilization? The short answer is the landscape environment is not well -suited to tree development. This seems like a contradiction. After all, trees grow naturally all around us. Many of these naturally-growing trees, however, are in wooded or unmaintained areas. These may be more similar to a natural woodland environment…

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THE FINER POINTS OF TRELLIS RUST

THE FINER POINTS OF TRELLIS RUST

One thing about many of us plant health care providers is that we like a challenge. Not only do we find new plant varieties and species introduced into landscapes each year, but also new pests and diseases. A newer tree disease in our area, pear trellis rust, is one of those new (and challenging) diseases that we are going to be forced to face. European pear rust, or trellis rust, behaves a bit differently than our native cedar-apple and cedar-hawthorn…

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