If you are a client of Wachtel Tree Science, you likely receive an Annual Tree Care Prescription letter from your Certified Arborist. You may notice a new recommendation in your tree care prescription. This new service is called “Root Biostimulant with Biological Fungicide”.Continue Reading
There are risks that are inherent with living around trees, but there are many more benefits trees provide! With ongoing management, we can reduce this risk to an acceptable level where you can be comfortable and enjoy the benefits of your trees.Continue Reading
Economists, Meteorologists, and Sports Talk Radio Hosts often try to predict future events. Their goal is to help prepare us for these outcomes. Arborists make predictions to help guide tree care advice and avoid unwanted outcomes. Considering past events, local trends and past year experiences here are some highlights of what I predict for the 2019 Tree Care year.Continue Reading
Some of us may leave Wisconsin for the winter months to warmer climates. But our trees, shrubs, and landscape cannot leave. They must deal with whatever mother nature deals out, and whenever she chooses to do so. Trees and shrubs acclimate best to cold temperatures in the fall with a slow, steady drop in temperatures.Continue Reading
Like many of you, we all stayed home on the days in January when the temperature dropped to 20 degrees below zero. Days after this year’s Polar Vortex, we started to see various reports on the news about how the cold temperatures might affect emerald ash borer (EAB) populations, but we encourage our clients' look at the research.Continue Reading
ZPM is short for Zimmerman Pine Moth, which is a serious pest of many species of pine trees. Austrian and Scots pines are the most commonly affected species in our area.Continue Reading
No individual species takes this saying to heart quite as literally as the Crabapple. Numerous cultivars are readily available and viable for our landscapes. A quick check of a local nursery inventory revealed 39 possible options.Continue Reading
Most trees and shrubs should have an even green color when healthy. Some exceptions to this rule are varieties whose foliage may have another color (e.g. yellow, reddish) or be variegated (multi-colored leaves). But if your tree is supposed to be green and isn’t, it may be sufferContinue Reading
Birch are highly coveted trees known for their extremely ornamental bark, pretty fall color, and fine textured growth habit. They have been important trees in folklore, useful for woodworking, and utilized in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical products.Continue Reading
It was the winter of 2002 and I was a bright-eyed college graduate looking for a job to start paying off my student loans. My lifelong friend gave me a call one weekend and told me that a company in South Eastern Wisconsin that was hiring if I was still looking. That company ended up being Wachtel Tree Science.Continue Reading