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Owen Tree Service: Your Trusted Arborists in Michigan
Protecting Your Landscape: Effective Solutions for Insect and Disease Control
Insect and disease pests can pose significant threats to the health of your trees and shrubs. The Certified Arborists at Owen Tree Service are equipped to identify these issues and provide effective solutions, often through methods such as spraying. Tree and shrub spraying is a reliable and widely used approach to control pests and maintain the health of your landscape.
Owen Tree Service offers several pest control options, including tree spraying, soil injections, and tree trunk injections. Depending on the situation, the best solution may involve one method or a combination of these techniques. Our ISA Certified Arborists use an integrated pest management approach to ensure your trees and shrubs stay healthy and pest-free.
Insect Pests
Not all insects are harmful—some are beneficial, aiding in pollination or controlling harmful pests. However, certain insects can damage trees and shrubs by defoliating them, sucking their sap, or boring into their trunks and branches, disrupting growth and weakening the plant's structure.
Insect pests are categorized by their feeding methods
Chewing Insects
These pests eat leaves, flowers, buds, and twigs, leaving uneven edges or skeletonized leaves. Beetles, moths, and caterpillar larvae are common examples.
Sucking Insects
These insect pests insert their beak into the tissues of tree and shrub leaves, twigs, branches or fruit and then feed on the plant’s juices.
Boring Insects
Tree borers inhabit the area just below the bark. Tree sprays may reduce infestation, while tree trunk injections might help once borers have already entered the tree.
Disease Pests
Disease development requires three conditions, known as the disease triangle:
- Presence of a pathogen
- A susceptible plant
- Suitable environmental conditions
Some landscape plants are more vulnerable to diseases than others. For example, Crabapple varieties vary widely in their susceptibility to common diseases like Apple Scab. Serious diseases, such as Dutch Elm Disease or Oak Wilt, can kill trees, while others weaken plants, making them more susceptible to other stresses.
For more detailed information on insect and disease pests, visit our Resource Center.
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What Our Customers Are Saying
Rick Stomps
Responsiveness, Punctuality, Quality, Value
Owen Tree Service did an outstanding job. The crew trimmed up the treeline and removed several. Did a great job of cleanup too. Extremely professional, informative, helpful & friendly. Thanks so much to the great crew - Ron, Skip, Tim & Doug ... you were incredible. Thanks so much. I'll tell folks about you! (BTW - the guys deserve a few extra $$)
Tyler Smith
I have used Owen for over 10 years. They take care of my Apple tree, shrubs, lawn irrigation and weed/fertilizer. I have always found them to be price competitive, thoughtful and timely. 5 stars from me!
Tonia Burns
Responsiveness, Professionalism
Called about having a 17ft tree placed in our yard. Received a call back from Trish you was incredibly gracious with her time and information. Unfortunately, trees that are over 6ft can't be planted by them. However, Trish gave me more than enough info to be confident about having a tree of that sized planted. I'd definitely call and use them for any other future services.
Linda Janiszewski
Punctuality, Quality, Professionalism, Value
We are very happy with the work they did. We had a large birch tree trimmed that had power lines on each side. There were 4 workers and they worked well together as a team to get the job done. They cleaned up the yard around the tree and did a professional job. They also asked us if we liked it before they left. We would highly recommend Owen Tree Service!
Andrew Lapeer
I hired Owen to do a tree removal and some pruning for me. Extremely happy with the care they used on my property. I am also using them for my lawn fertilization this year. Arborist seems very knowledgeable.
Dean Hartman - Berrien County Drain Commission
Owen Tree Service provided a great value and service to our community. They helped us complete a difficult task of approximately 50 miles of needed treatment almost seamlessly. They were very easy to work with, followed and complimented our directive well. The owners along the areas that were serviced, passed on very nice regards for their team. We were very impressed with Owen Tree Service (as well as the community) and look forward to using their services again this coming year and beyond.