Joe’s Journal, Fall Edition: Fall Tree Care
There’s quite a bit more to fall tree care than raking leaves alone. Fall is an ideal time for a comprehensive tree care program. Weeding, applying fertilizer and mulch around
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Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Joe’s Journal, Summer Edition: The Research Scientist Ventures Afield
Evan Sorger, Research Associate Scientist at Arborjet | Ecologel, took his skills afield visiting our farm plot in Western North Carolina. The goal was to make tree injection applications to
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Joe’s Journal, Spring Edition: Tree Injection and Follow-up
I have written several blogs about systemic tree injection. The “why” behind injection is to protect trees from destructive pests. The most detrimental are pests that were recently and inadvertently
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Effectively Treating Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) is a tiny, piercing and sucking insect, unseen with the naked eye that feeds on hemlock twigs at the bases of the needles. HWA is an
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Benefits of Injecting Conifers
In our line of work, we have to treat different kinds of trees, some of which are easier to inject than others. Conifers are famously difficult trees to inject, due
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Joe’s Journal, Spring Edition: When Bugs Go Wrong – Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
The hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) is an insect native to Japan. It was first detected in the U.S. in Virginia early in the 1950s and now covers the entire
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The Unseen Threat: Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) is a tiny, piercing and sucking insect, unseen with the naked eye that feeds on hemlock twigs at the bases of the needles. HWA is
