Plant Health Care – Deep Root Fertilization
No Long Island landscape has a perfect soil structure. The natural process of a tree’s nutrient replacement is so often disrupted by normal landscape maintenance practices such as spring and fall clean ups. Because of this disruption, limited root space and improper tree selection and placement, trees and shrubs in suburban landscapes often require Deep Root Fertilization. There are some occasions where we will recommend a deep root fertilization versus a tree spraying program. With the diverse species of trees in Long Island tree spraying and deep root fertilization are both necessary. If a treatment is being applied in the summer when it can be very hot and humid then a deep root fertilization would be a better option then tree spraying since spraying could cause burning leaves and shrubs.
Deep Root Fertilization is the introduction of a professionally customized blend to correct specific deficiencies or meet the nutritional needs of your trees and shrubs. To avoid decline and attain full growth and aesthetic potential, your trees and shrubs should be fertilized annually or bi-annually, depending upon the species and location.
Deep Root Fertilization also aids in alleviation of compacted rhizospheres, otherwise known as root zones. By injecting material under pressure, directly into the critical root zone, Deep Root Fertilization not only supplies nutrients, but improves soil conditions allowing for an enhanced supply of oxygen and water.
