Tree Care Information from Experienced Certified Arborists
Wachtel’s newsletter, The Plant Doctor’s Seasonal Report, brings you the most important and up to date seasonal tree care information throughout the year. This is where our Certified Arborists share their experience and passion for all aspects of the tree care industry. From preventative plant health care topics like the Emerald Ash Borer epidemic to daily happenings at the Wachtel office, The Plant Doctor’s Seasonal Report keeps you informed.
Read below to see the most up to date tree care information from our Wachtel staff of Certified Arborists and tree care specialists. For even more information on important tree care, take a look at the various tree care resources available in our digital resource center.
Help Repair Our Urban Forest – Plant Diversely!
Summer 2016
Many of you have seen or heard of the devastation to our urban forests when Dutch Elm Disease swept through decades ago. A few of our area neighborhoods lost nearly every single tree on the street.
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“BIG SKY” doesn’t usually describe Wisconsin, but it’s the dream John & Cindy Lindstedt have built near Sullivan in Jefferson County.
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Benefits of Fall Fertilization
Summer 2016
Many people believe that spring is the only time to fertilize your trees; however, fall is also the perfect time to give your trees the nutritional benefit of fertilization.
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Viburnum Leaf Beetle – Our Newest Exotic Insect
Spring 2016
If you have viburnum shrubs on your property and live along the northshore, be on the lookout this spring for leaves being skeletonized, creating a lace-like pattern of foliar damage.
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Timing Really Is Everything
Spring 2016
Have you ever heard the phrase “timing is everything”? With regard to tree care, this phrase fits very well as timing is critical to achieving good results.
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Relationships – Trees and People
Spring 2016
This story started decades ago, after giving a presentation on ‘woodland gardening’ at a garden show back in the 90’s. I was approached by a couple who had just built a new home on a wooded lot, I was intrigued.
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Ash Trees – Where Are We Now?
Spring 2016
Spring has come – heralding the beginning of another growing season. As the trees develop new leaves, the insects that feed on them emerge also to begin their cycle of life all over again.
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Right Around the Corner
Winter 2016
The treatment season for the year always comes up so quickly. It seems you barely have time to wave goodbye to the last wisps of winter before the race is on to address the issues that our trees need help with.
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A Planting Status Update
Winter 2016
When you toss a rock into a peaceful pond, ripples radiate out in all directions to influence whatever they roll past. Lilly pads undulate, surface weeds jiggle and the shoreline shifts ever so slightly.
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My Magnolia is a Sticky Mess!
Winter 2016
It was a typical busy summer day last year when our office phone rang. On the other end was a concerned client; something was wrong. “In all my time living here I’ve never seen this before.”
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A Gardener’s Perspective
Winter 2016
Perspective is an interesting thing. You could ask 10 people to describe the meaning of a song and you would likely get 10 different responses. In the tree business a client’s perspective is vital for properly caring for their trees.
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Why Prescriptions?
Winter 2016
Each year, sometime between early January and the end of March, most of you receive a special mailing from us. Inside the pale green envelope is a document that says “2016 Plant Health Care Prescription”.
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