A Tree Health Program With Some Spotted Lanternfly Protection
While our Spotted Lanternfly service is going away, we still recommend a few tree care services for the long-term health of your trees.
Why Are We Ending the Spotted Lanternfly Program?
There are two main reasons we’ve decided to end the program:
1. We’ve seen a significant decrease in the quantity of spotted lanternflies over the last 2 years.
2. Lanternflies haven’t caused the long-term damage that was initially feared.
See below for details on what’s included in our updated Tree Health Program.
Tree Health Program
Our tree health program focuses on preventing and addressing tree problems through careful, well-executed tree maintenance.
Trunk Bark
Spray
When: June
Application sprayed onto trunk of tree to protect from feeding insects, including Spotted Lanternflies.
Recommended in June.
Fertilization & Potassium
When: July/August
This treatment increases your trees’ tolerance to insects, disease, and environmental pressures. It also boosts your trees’ immune system.
Recommended in July/August.
Fall
Fertilization
When: September/October
Fall fertilization promotes root growth, supplies micronutrients, and nitrogen. Fertilization also helps trees store nutrients for dormant periods (winter).
Recommended in September/October.
Our tree health maintenance programs will proactively address many issues for your trees and plants. However, as with any living thing, additional treatments may be necessary depending on your landscape’s specific needs.
Is your landscape benefiting from one of our worry-free programs?
Insect & Mite Control
There are thousands of pests that can feed on trees and shrubs in an ornamental landscape, including Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), aphids, Japanese Beetles, spider mites, scale insects, bagworms, caterpillars, webworms, and more.
Our tree experts know how to identify which specific insects and mites are active or could be potential problems for your plants, and will build a custom program to target them at key times during the year. This may be accomplished by spray applications, soil injections, and cultural recommendations for your landscape.
Tree Injection
When necessary, we provide direct tree injections for certain pests, diseases, and nutritional issues your trees face on your property.
By utilizing specialized devices, our tree service technicians can ensure that materials are safely, effectively, and quickly delivered to a tree’s vascular system. This method is preferred, in some cases, but also provides an alternative treatment option if site conditions prohibit spraying.
Plant Nutrition
We offer a variety of plant nutrition solutions for trees, shrubs, groundcover, and other landscape plants. Some of these applications may be advisable to include in an annual program as they deliver nutrients for plants by either granular applications or by liquid-injections.
Fertilizing your landscape replenishes missing plant foods in the soil, allowing your trees and shrubs to look healthier and to better handle the stresses of insects, diseases, mites, and environmental impacts.
Tree & Shrub Disease Control
Proper timing and materials are important to managing tree diseases in ornamental landscapes. Our staff will identify disease considerations in your landscape and create a treatment plan that is best for preventing and managing specific diseases on your plants. This may be accomplished by spray applications and cultural recommendations for your landscape.
It is important to manage fungal diseases on plants as they will inhibit healthy growth and photosynthesis, which is essential for plant health. In some cases, they can drastically harm and cause a decline in tree and shrub health, leading to plant fatality.
If you suspect disease issues are on your trees or shrubs, please contact us so we can have one of our tree experts identify the specific problem and develop a solution that includes the best tree and shrub disease control methods for your plants.
"Both crews did a great job trimming three trees and the next week cleaned out the garden beds and trimmed the shrubs and bushes."
Irving W. | Lancaster, PA
"They do professional work. They examine the trees carefully to see what to remove, trim, or provide cable support. They explain their proposal carefully and patiently. They have tree climbers and a cherry picker depending on the need of the property. Our trees look good and are trimmed to prevent damage from wind and ice. I appreciate their work."
James W. | Lancaster, PA
"We called Tomlinson Bomberger to help with the Spotted Lanternfly in our three maple trees. We purchased a treatment consisting of two bark sprays, systemic, and a tree spray. All three were done in a timely manner according to the schedule presented to us. All done professionally and courteously. I would recommend this group."
James B. | Lancaster, PA