Historic and iconic tree preservation

Pruning: structural, health, safety

Fertilization: foliar, root zone, and compost tea

Organic pest management and trunk injections

Tree felling, planting, and grafting

Histroic fruit tree preservation and restoration

In tree rigging specialists, where the booms and bucket trucks cannot go

Tree stabilization through dynamic and static methods

Proactive storm and fire mitigation

Storm damage assistance

Organic Slow Release Fertilizer

Our organic slow release fertilizer is specially formulated for different locals and designed specifically to support the trees in their individual habitats. For instance, mountainous soils are often rocky and nutritionally poor. Telluride has very different soils compared to Montrose, the formula has to be adjusted accordingly.

Compost Tea

Compost tea starts with high quality compost steeped in water to extract water soluble nutrients, humic acid including beneficial bacteria, mycorrhizae, and nematodes. Most landscape and tree services apply their compost tea using a surface broadcast method (root drench, foliar spray, or hose application). We introduce a concentrated dose directly into the soil root zone via an injection device to prevent the drying out of the live biological components on the surface that are otherwise exposed to high altitude UV and dry air. Injecting into the root zone also prevents runoff on the often poor, rocky, compacted, disturbed, often desiccated mountain soils. In the soil, the microbes break up compacted soil, improve soil structure, and creates pore space for water and oxygen to migrate throughout. This helps the soil retain more water, makes more nutrients available through symbiotic relationships between the trees and mycorrhizae which encourages tree root expansion and restores the soil’s natural biology. An additional boost of species and region specific mycorrhizae can be added to increase these benefits and target species specific symbiotic relationships and health.

Injections

Injections were first developed and popularized in the eastern and midwestern states against Emerald Ash Borer. Injectable treatments have now been developed for pest and disease pressures facing our western trees such as fungal diseases (cankers) or various insect infestations from aphids to boring beetles. This treatment can be done preventatively before trees show signs or symptoms, as well as in the beginning stages of infection. Unlike other products applied to the roots, injections place the chemicals directly inside the tree’s conductive system via a self sealing port. This technique prevents chemicals from getting into the environment either through runoff or aerosol pollution. These products are also safe for use in fruit trees, as they do not pass through into the flowers and fruit, protecting vital pollinator species.