FIRE BLIGHT
Effective Fire Blight Treatment
Fire Blight attacks trees with pome fruits, which are members of the plant family Rosaceae. The fruits of these trees have a “core” of several seeds encased by a tough membrane. Surrounding this membrane is an edible layer of flesh like in Pears and Apples. Symptoms include:
Branch tips bend into a “shepherd’s crook”
Brown leaves
Black bark or cankers
Plum, Peach, and other Stone fruit trees are immune.
Effective Treatment
DLC Landscape & Arbor treats Fire Blight by using a combination of trunk-injected antibiotics, low-nitrogen fertilizers, and sanitation pruning. DLC can start treatment as long as there are still leaves on the tree. In the winter, we cut out affected branches and other parts with cankers. When more than 40 percent of the tree is infected, we recommend tree removal. For an appointment, please fill out the tree service request form or give us a call at 303-378-8000.
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We Worry About Your Trees, So You Don’t Have To
DLC Arbor Services, a professional tree service company operating in the Denver area since 1980, is licensed and insured for pruning, tree and stump removal, insect and disease control, and fertilization. We do not propose any unnecessary tree service work beyond our arborist’s diagnosis.
