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If Your Trees Look Sick, Don’t Wait to Look Up a “Tree Doctor” in Dodge County!

Trees, like people and animals, get ill. How do you identify a “tree doctor” if your trees show symptoms of poor health?

 

Leaf loss, in one area or across a tree’s entire crown, is the most typical evidence of a problem. Mushroom growth, regularly from a trunk or base, is another. A spate of dead limbs can be a symptom.

 

An ISA-Certified Arborist from Dorshak Tree Specialists is your top bet for prompt, responsive tree treatment service in Dodge County! Trained to recognize and analyze diseases and insect pests, these tree specialists prescribe remedies for ailments that afflict Wisconsin trees.

 

Changes in leaf color are another red flag. Yellow leaves can be reflective of a fertilizer shortage, often with oaks. However, yellow is the natural color of leaves on a sunburst locust tree. A Certified Arborist knows the difference, and how to translate the messages of leaf colors!

 

Preventing problems is the most effective approach to tree health. It’s advisable to have your trees inspected every three to five years by a Certified Arborist. Dorshak Tree Service, with seven Certified Arborists on staff, offers this service for free for tree owners in and around Dodge County.

 

What are they looking for? The aforementioned symptoms, of course. Another sign of potential alarm is crevices or cavities in trees, where moisture and insects gather. The goal is to spot existing or potential problems proactively. Preventing a disease or insect infestation is far easier than curing them once established.

 

Colorado blue spruces dot many yards. A close look, though, might find signs of Rhizosphaera needle cast, a fungus that attacks this non-native species. Brown needles, or collected needles beneath a tree, are a symptom. Treatment can stop the fungus from decimating and eventually killing these stunning trees.

 

Another possibility – again, long before reaching this point – is planting trees with similar appearance, yet far more resistance to insects and disease. Concolor firs and Norway spruces are substitutes for Colorado spruces.

 

Other tree species in Dodge County are susceptible to fungi diseases, too. Oaks suffer oak wilt. Elms contract Dutch elm disease. Proactive inspection can identify these conditions in time to save the trees.

 

Application of fungicides can avoid root rot, a condition that affects trees growing in wet soil. Root rot isn’t selective, either – its decay affects trees from a variety of species.

 

Insect pests pose serious dangers to residential trees. Insects are usually host specific, meaning they target one species. The lethal bronze birch borer goes after birches. Linden borers mostly target lindens. 

 

The emerald ash borer has been an unwelcome introduction for Dodge County homeowners. The Asian invasive has decimated ash trees across Dodge County and Wisconsin in recent years.

 

Another invasive, the spotted lanternfly, is heading west after its discovery in Pennsylvania in 2014. The China native feeds on more than 70 tree species, including maples, oaks, lindens, hickory and black walnut.

 

Preventing insect damage, once again, is often a matter of proactivity. Repellents are applied in two ways: injecting directly into trees, or drenching soil beneath for roots to absorb.

 

Just as you wouldn’t skip visiting a doctor for years on end, don’t risk the health of your trees. Contact Dorshak Tree Specialists for a complimentary checkup. Yes, their “tree doctors” still make house calls to Dodge County.

AlderleyAshippunAstico
AtwaterBeaver DamBeaver Edge
BrownsvilleBuckhorn CornerBurnett
ClymanClyman JunctionDanville
Delbern AcresEast WaupunFarmersville
Fox LakeFox Lake JunctionHerman Center
HochheimHoriconHuilsburg
HustisfordIron RidgeJuneau
KekoskeeKnowlesLeRoy
LebanonLeipsigLomira
Lost LakeLowellLyndon Dale
MayvilleMinnesota JunctionNasbro
NedaNeoshoNorth Lowell
Oak GroveOld AshippunOld Lebanon
ReesevilleRichwoodRolling Prairie
RubiconSaylesvilleSouth Beaver Dam
South RandolphSugar IslandSunset Beach
TheresaTheresa StationWoodland
 

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