Emerald Ash Borer has been confirmed in Johnson County!
The Emerald Ash borer has been confirmed in Johnson County by the Kansas Department of Agriculture. The finding was located at the Johnson County Landfill.
Emerald Ash Borer Treatments
Preventative treatments should be applied now to control Emerald Ash Borer now through Mid June. Please call us if you have any questions about protecting your Ash Trees.
Emerald Ash Borer- KC Star article
Good article in the Kansas City Star about our newest pest!
https://www.kansascity.com/2013/02/15/4069784/an-all-out-effort-to-slow-a-green.html#storylink=misearch
The Emerald Ash Borer, are your trees safe??
Not sure if you have Ashes on your property? Give us a call and we'll be pleased to come out to do an evaluation of the trees on your property. If you have Ash(s) in your lawn, we'll help you formulate a plan based on our recommendations and your opinion to either protect the tree via preventative treatments or consider another species to take its place. Please feel free to call your Account Manager or the office today to schedule your evaluation.
Treat now to protect against Emerald Ash Borer
Treatments to prevent against the impending Emerald Ash Borer should be performed now. Preventative treatments should be timed from around Mid May- Mid June. If you have an Ash tree in your yard that you want to save, please give us a call.
Spider Mites & Bagworms
We've seen our first sightings this season of Spider Mites and Bagworms! Spider Mites are wreaking havoc on Burning Bushes and Bagworms are just getting hungrier by the day..Spider Mites typically feed on Burning Bush and Alberta Spruces. The best way to test for them is the "White paper test". Hold a sheet of white paper under the bush and give it a shake. If you see ground pepper sized insects on the paper, you have a problem and need to treat.
Japanese Beetle damaging roses
Adult Japanese beetles emerge from the soil and live from 30 to 45 days feeding on plants over a four to six week period. Adults feed on many ornamental plants including trees, shrubs, vines, herbaceous annual and perennials, and of course—roses.
Emerald Ash Borer Consensus Document
Coalition for Urban Ash Tree Conservation
- Emerald Ash Borer Management Statement -
www.emeraldashborer.info/files/conserve_ash.pdf
signed 06 Jan 2011
Bagworms are back!!
Found my first bagworms of the season last night on a Blue Spruce and also some apple trees and even sumac at my home. They were about 1/8" long and were feeding like crazy! Sprayed them with an insecticide and they're dead today. Please call us immediately if you notice anything hanging from your trees...they are small right now, so you have to look close. With the upcoming heat wave, they are going to be very destructive to trees. I've seen a tree die within 1-2 days in this heat under bagworm stress.
Beware of Spider Mites!
The spruce spider mite (Oligonychus ununguis) is quite small; about the size of a pollen grain. Symptoms include bronzing and yellowing of needles and may show up later than damage actually occurs. To test for an infestation, tap a branch while suspending a white sheet of paper underneath. Specks that move are probably spider mites.
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