Organic Plant Health Care
Trees and shrubs represent a considerable long-term investment in your landscape. With proper care, these plants can provide beautiful surroundings, cooling shade, and many other benefits for decades.
At Preservation Tree, we use a holistic approach to manage the health and beauty of your landscape with minimal pesticide use. We do this by inspecting the total landscape and identifying the insect, mite, disease, or growing condition that appears to be causing the problem.
We provide organic-based treatments to protect and improve the natural beauty of your landscape. The products we use are safe and effective, and are listed by the Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI).
Additionally, we rigorously monitor beneficial insect populations throughout your landscape as part of our plant health care program. Beneficial insects play an important role in naturally keeping unwanted pests in check.
At Preservation Tree, we use a holistic approach to manage the health and beauty of your landscape with minimal pesticide use. We do this by inspecting the total landscape and identifying the insect, mite, disease, or growing condition that appears to be causing the problem.
We provide organic-based treatments to protect and improve the natural beauty of your landscape. The products we use are safe and effective, and are listed by the Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI).
Additionally, we rigorously monitor beneficial insect populations throughout your landscape as part of our plant health care program. Beneficial insects play an important role in naturally keeping unwanted pests in check.
Soil Food Web
Food webs are everywhere. For instance, we may recognize that a grasshopper eats a leaf, a frog eats the grasshopper, fish eats the frog, and an eagle eats the fish and so on, but most people do not realize that our soils consist of a vital microscopic food web that keeps our forests and landscapes alive. These microscopic soil components interact with larger vertebrae to give our soil certain character. If a tree is grown in a soil with a different character than the one it prefers, the tree is likely to become stressed and perform poorly.
Healthy soil should have at least 5% organic matter. Research has shown that having this crucial 5% organic matter has an enormous impact on the overall health of the landscape plants and trees.
At Preservation Tree, we consider soil care as the “root” of our business; without healthy soils, we would be out of a job!
With proper soil testing, we can establish a Soil Food Web program to meet the needs of your landscape
Healthy soil should have at least 5% organic matter. Research has shown that having this crucial 5% organic matter has an enormous impact on the overall health of the landscape plants and trees.
At Preservation Tree, we consider soil care as the “root” of our business; without healthy soils, we would be out of a job!
With proper soil testing, we can establish a Soil Food Web program to meet the needs of your landscape
Integrated Pest Management(IPM)
In addition to our Organic Plant Health Care program, we practice IPM (integrated pest management) and understand that eradicating insect pests and diseases of plants is usually unrealistic. IPM primarily consists of methods used to prevent plant problems from occurring in the first place.
We follow these basic principles before we make an IPM control decision:
1.Confirm there is Pest Problem. Evaluate plants for past or present signs or symptoms of pest activity; consider site-related issues such as soil type or drainage conditions, soil fertility, and other environmental conditions that are favorable for the plant.
2.Identify the Problem. Effective pest management depends on accurate identification of the pest.
3.Determine if control is needed. Determine if the damage is severe enough or if the plants’ health is in jeopardy to warrant a management tactic. Furthermore, scout for beneficial insects. In most cases they will be present, and applying a non-selective insecticide would have an affect on their vitality.
4.Choose a Management Method. Preservation Tree will always consider physical or bio-rational methods first before we apply chemicals.
We follow these basic principles before we make an IPM control decision:
1.Confirm there is Pest Problem. Evaluate plants for past or present signs or symptoms of pest activity; consider site-related issues such as soil type or drainage conditions, soil fertility, and other environmental conditions that are favorable for the plant.
2.Identify the Problem. Effective pest management depends on accurate identification of the pest.
3.Determine if control is needed. Determine if the damage is severe enough or if the plants’ health is in jeopardy to warrant a management tactic. Furthermore, scout for beneficial insects. In most cases they will be present, and applying a non-selective insecticide would have an affect on their vitality.
4.Choose a Management Method. Preservation Tree will always consider physical or bio-rational methods first before we apply chemicals.
Creating Healthy Landscapes
1.Choose plants wisely
· Select plants that are suited to the conditions in your landscape; i.e. soil type, sun/shade, and soil-moisture.
2.Plant with care
· Help plants get a good start by installing them correctly. Poorly installed plants or over-applying mulch can result in weakened plants that are prone to problems.
3.Promote plant health
· Healthy, vigorous plants are less vulnerable to damage caused by insects, mites, and disease. Proper soil testing is needed before applying fertilizers.
4.Keep plants well groomed
· Broken, diseased or dead branches can harbor unwanted pests in your landscape.
5. Monitor Pests and Beneficial insects
· Inspect plants regularly for unwanted pests. Accurate identification of the root of the disorder is essential for determining what management tactics are needed.
· Select plants that are suited to the conditions in your landscape; i.e. soil type, sun/shade, and soil-moisture.
2.Plant with care
· Help plants get a good start by installing them correctly. Poorly installed plants or over-applying mulch can result in weakened plants that are prone to problems.
3.Promote plant health
· Healthy, vigorous plants are less vulnerable to damage caused by insects, mites, and disease. Proper soil testing is needed before applying fertilizers.
4.Keep plants well groomed
· Broken, diseased or dead branches can harbor unwanted pests in your landscape.
5. Monitor Pests and Beneficial insects
· Inspect plants regularly for unwanted pests. Accurate identification of the root of the disorder is essential for determining what management tactics are needed.