How can you tell that a plant, tree, or perhaps your lawn needs to be fertilized? You might see yellowing (chlorotic) foliage on trees and plants. You might notice that your lawn is not bright green, but rather a light green or a dull green. The woody tissues of a large tree might be showing signs of weakness or infestation. Plant life often very readily shows its need for nutrients. But there is no reason to wait until the plants are showing such a need! Consider letting us provide you with a regular plan to keep your garden fed all year.

We can provide a solution specific to the needs of your landscape. Given that artificial (manmade) landscapes are simply not naturally occurring, they need the attention of professional care to look their best. For the discerning property owner, our services in the realm of fertilization are the best on the market. We can analyze your specific situation, take the soil and choice of plant life into account, and make an application-ideally on an on-going basis-to feed exactly the nutrients that are required in just the right amounts.

Let us discuss fertilizing your landscape as soon as you are ready to have the best looking yard possible.

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Your plants will only experience problems when new aphid colonies are formed in your region. This usually happens when Aphid colonies become overcrowded and the males grow wings and go and look for other less populated ‘territories’. It is impossible to predict when this happens so in terms of prevention there is no specific time to look out for them. Spring and summer is the season when they are most active but their appearance on your plants may not be limited to the warmer seasons.

What are Aphids?

Aphids are common garden pests that form up to several colonies on a single plant. They are tiny, soft-bodied, pear-shaped insects that have long antennae and a characteristic pair of cornicles (short tubes) extending on either side of their abdomen. Their translucent bodies are most usually green, red, brown, yellow or white.

Where do they feed?

As I mentioned earlier, Aphids today feed on just about any plant. They will form colonies underneath leaves, the tips of branches, around growth points and even on soft and tender bark. Aphids pierce the stems, bark or leaves to get to the sap so they will almost always be on the soft places of the plant. If you notice spotty and yellow discoloration on the leaves of your plants then it is more than likely becauso of this common garden pest. By turning the leaves over you will quickly be able to recognize them.

How can I prevent it?

There are a few tips that I will give you on what you can possibly do to prevent Aphids in your garden. It will not always work and even when you have a healthy, great looking garden, these little creatures can become a pest. When that happens, it is always best to consult a professional.

1. The first thing you can do is to make sure that your plants are healthy and eating well. This means giving them prescribed plant food, feeding their soil with the correct types of compost and fertilizer. If you do not know what the best types of soils and fertilizers for your plants are, contact us as we can both advise and supply you with what you need.
2. Try not to have trees, flowers and other plants in your garden with yellow colors. Aphids are extremely attracted to yellow and will give preference to plants with this color.
3. Embed old CD’s, pieces from a broken mirror or even tinfoil in the soil around the base of your plant. This somehow works quite well.
4. Stick yellow double-sided tape around the base of your plants. As this is their color of choice, they will be attracted to this first, allowing you to catch them before they can form a colony.

If you end up in the unfortunate situation of an Aphid infestation make sure that get it sorted out ASAP. Their colonies can grow extremely quickly and do serious damage to your garden if it is not treated properly and quickly. To find out how we can help you feel free top browse through our services.

This tree disorder has been ravaging Elms in North America for almost 80 years. Millions of trees have been affected. Many urban areas used Elms to line the streets because they naturally do well in urban environments and not many trees are like this.

Many different treatments have been created but over the last 20 years and viable treatment for Dutch Elm Disease has been developed and used successfully for a good while. We have incorporated this methods into our own treatment and maintenance program for Elm trees.

If you think your Elm tree(s) could be suffering from this malady let us know, and we would be happy to come out, diagnose the problem and provide a quote, all at no charge.

If you are intested in our exterminator services, green exterminator services, tree service, or need tree trimming call 408 882 7535 or email us through our website: EvansPestManagement.com.

For more information about these specific services reference the following pages:

• Ant Pest Control
• Bee, Wasp and Yellow Jacket Pest Control
• Aphid Pest Control

If there are other specific questions you have please don’t hesitate to contact us or leave a comment on the blog here. We would be happy to answer any question you have as best we can.

If you are intested in our exterminator services, green exterminator services, tree service, or need tree trimming call 408 882 7535 or email us through our website: EvansPestManagement.com.

In 1995, a new disease of tan oaks, black oaks and coast live oaks appeared in Mill Valley, Marin County, California. Hundreds of trees appeared to be dying suddenly across the landscape, both in woodlands and in suburban properties around the San Francisco Bay Area, but most especially in cities in the Bay Area foothills, such as  Palo Alto, Atherton, Menlo Park, Los Altos, Cupertino, Saratoga, Monte Sereno, Los Gatos.

The essentials about Sudden Oak Death:

1. The entire San Francisco Bay Area is at risk for Sudden Oak Death.
2. Black oaks, tan oaks, and coast live oaks are the susceptible trees.
3. Sudden Oak Death is entirely preventable according to the most current research.

What makes Sudden Oak Death sudden? Usually diseases that kill oak trees take ten or fifteen years of progress to kill a large, well established tree. Sudden Oak Death can kill a tree completely within a year. Infections by Phytophthora ramorum (the pathogen which corelates to Sudden Oak Death) on oaks were originally called “Sudden Oak Death” because of the rapid (2 to 4 weeks) browning of leaves without an obvious prolonged period of visible decline.

Sudden Oak Death may be the most serious threat to California Coast Live Oaks, Black Oaks, and Tan Oaks in the history of the state. But, it can be prevented and controlled by chemical methods. We recommend regular bark applications for all of these three kinds of oaks. If the trees are treated with the appropriate chemical, they are very, very unlikely to be affected by Sudden Oak Death. It is possible to control the progress of Sudden Oak Death and perhaps to keep a tree from dying when it has been infected, but prevention is much more effective. If you have any of the above kinds of oak trees, call us to obtain regular spray service. We’ll help you save your trees!

Sudden Oak Death has been found killing oak trees widely in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties as well as in the rest of the San Francisco Bay Area.

This video from UCTelevision explains the discover of Sudden Oak Death and includes an interview with UC horticulturist Pavel Svihra who discovered and named Sudden Oak Death, UC Davis plant pathologist David Rizzo who discovered the pathogen responsible, and Forester Kent Julin of the Marin County Fire Dept. who discusses the fire danger associated with dead and dying trees.

More information regarding Sudden Oak Death below:

http://ohioline.osu.edu/sc195/020.html

http://www.suddenoakdeath.org/index.html

http://www.ncipmc.org/sod/
Don’t let your trees fall prey to this series killer of oak trees. Call us today at 408-517-9847.

If you are intested in our exterminator services, green exterminator services, tree service, or need tree trimming call 408 882 7535 or email us through our website: EvansPestManagement.com.