Wachtel Tree Science
& Service Inc.
P.O. Box 716
Merton, WI 53056-0716
Fax: (262)538-1412
Phone: (262) 538-1900
E-mail:
Williams Bay / Lake Geneva:
(262)245-0556
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Services
2003 Excellence in Arboriculture Grand Award
IF IT HAS TO DO WITH TREES - WE DO IT.
Our Services:
 Cabling and Bracing
- reinforcing tree structure to extend life
- Removals and stump grinding
- from simple to crane work
- expert use of lowering devices and other specialized rigging
- Plant Health Care (PHC)
- insects, disease and diagnosis
- Methods:
 preserve beneficial insects- limit spraying by utilizing trunk and soil injections
- only treat what is needed based on insect and disease life cycles
(narrowly focused and targeted applications)
- site inspections and problem diagnosis
- soil systemic insecticides (insect control with no spraying or trunk wounding)
- leafhoppers, plant bugs, aphids, birch leaf miner, scale, mites, borers etc.
 - spray programs - based on insect life cycle and growing degree days (GDD)
- tent caterpillars, gypsy moth, inchworms, etc.
- Zimmerman pine moth and other borers
- preventative disease treatments (apple scab, hawthorn apple rust)
- anti-desiccant (to reduce winter injury to evergreens)
- conifer disease treatments
- dormant oil
- trunk injections: Dutch elm disease/oak wilt, boring insects, nutrients
 site amendments/amelioration
- specialized fertilizer mixes (high percentage of slow release N for longevity)
- correction of iron and other nutrient deficiencies
- mycorrhizae (beneficial fungi that grow with and increase roots capacity)
- vertical mulching/radial trenching for soil compaction problems
- air spade root collar and root zone excavations
- growth regulators
- reduce shoot growth and encourage absorption root growth
- stabilize declining trees
- girdling (strangling) root extraction and after care
- Consultation
- anticipated construction or other site changes impacting trees
- tree selection and plan review
- tree valuation/expert witness
- inventories and street tree management plans for communities, cemeteries, golf courses, entertainment complexes, etc.
- pre-construction significant tree inventories
- GIS compatible tree inventories
- inventories and plant health care planning for homes, offices, etc.
- hazard evaluations
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