plant health care

Located in the Hudson Valley- NY-We have a very large 75+ year oak tree in our front yard. It is dying at the top showing browned or no leaves in certain portions. In addition, a section of the lower bark is coming loose with carpenter ants, smaller ants and eggs living in the dead wet bark. I...

Hi, I was offered a job as a Plant Health Care tec. with Davey Tree in the Chicago region. I have a background in organic agriculture so I am new to the tree care industry. I want to take the position as I love working outdoors and learning about plant care. My main concern is how often I...

Myself and a friend will be taking over the Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association PEST Newsletter as Dr. Shetlar (The Bugdoc) is retiring after doing it for the past 25 years. We are changing the name to the ONLA PHC Newsletter and will now be covering diseases and abiotic disorders as well as...

I was recently asked by a young man, "What would you do if you were brand new to the industry? Where would you get started?" The answer is "Learn as much as possible about why trees go into decline, and ways to bring them back and make them healthy." Insects and diseases are very often secondary...

I am being sued for death of a 50years old American Elm that I pruned two years back. Tree has been removed and stumped by the treeowner. I was hired by a client to prune branches of an Elm that was situated on neighbour's yard. The tree owner (neighbour) is asking my client for cost of...