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Soil Care & Mulching
Step By Step: How To Remove Grass To Mulch Around Trees
If there's grass around tree trunks, remove it before mulching around trees. Try this easy trick to kill the grass around tree trunks, then learn how to mulch!
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Insect & Disease Issues
Viburnum Leaf Beetle: Tree Pest Alert
Here’s what Viburnum Leaf Beetle tree damage looks like with a list of susceptible tree species and resistant tree species.
Mulch That Repels Bugs
Soil Care & Mulching
What Mulch is Best For Repelling Bugs?
What mulch is best for repelling bugs? Try cedar, melaleuca, or plastic mulch! Cedar is known to repel ants, moths, mosquitoes, and carpet beetles. Melaleuca is known to keep away termites. Plastic mulch deters aphids, thrips, and whiteflies.
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Insect & Disease Issues
How To Get Rid Of Oak Tree Caterpillars
Are you seeing caterpillars eating your favorite oak tree’s leaves? Find out how to get rid of oak tree caterpillars here:
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Insect & Disease Issues
How to Manage Scale: Early Prevention is Key
Scale is a common pest of landscape trees and shrubs that can easily be overlooked. Here are visible symptoms of an infestation and how to get rid of scale on trees.
Banding For Cankerworms
Insect & Disease Issues
How to Stop Caterpillars and Cankerworms with Tree Banding
Tree bands stops worms, cankerworms, caterpillars and gypsy moths. Learn when to apply tree banding to treat the problem before it starts. First...
Davey Tree Crabgrass
Lawn Care & Maintenance
How To Control Crabgrass In Spring With Pre-Emergent
Control crabgrass now. Learn when to put down pre emergent in spring, how long after pre emergent you can seed and what temperature to apply pre emergent.
How To Care For Trees In The Summer
Property Maintenance & Landscaping
Tree Care Checklist: How To Keep Trees Healthy This Summer
Proper summer tree care can ensure your trees stand strong through heat, drought, storms, and stress. From summer tree pruning to dealing with summer leaf yellowing to tree fertilization to watering, we give you tips on how to care for trees in the summer.
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