06/06/2024
We got to work on this awesome elm tree at oaks park this morning! Elms are susceptible to a deadly fungus that causes Dutch elm disease, so we treated this tree with a systemic fungicide to prevent any infections for the next 3 years. This tree took up over 60 gallons of the fungicide solution in only an hour and a half!
Trunk injections are a really useful method of treatment because it uses the tree's vascular system to transport the chemical throughout the canopy, giving us excellent coverage of the entire tree. Injections also keep all the chemicals inside the tree, so there's no overspray or excess chemical going out into the environment like there would be with spraying a tree this size.