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Soil Treatment Research Project in Minneapolis

bgallagher@treecarescience.com — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:21:10 -0800

RTSA's sister company, Rainbow Treecare, has undertaken one of the largest soil treatment research projects this past summer in Minneapolis. The study is looking at the various soil treatments used by arborists to promote root and soil health while quantifying the real benefits to trees. Read more by Clicking Here!

Start Your 2010 Planning Now

bgallagher@treecarescience.com — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:02:59 -0800

With 2009 winding down this is a great time to start thinking about next season. By all accounts, 2009 was a slower year for tree care but signs are pointing to a healthy return to normal for 2010. Start your planning by assessing your product use from this year and thinking where you want to be at this time next fall.

Planning for growth can mean planning to increase your client base by increasing your marketing presence. RTSA can help you with that with marketing tools such as sell sheets, door knob hangers, and direct mail post cards. Growth can also come from increasing the services you offer. We can ensure you have the tools, the training, and the inventory you need to make any new offering a success.

Talk to the Tree Healthcare Specialists at RTSA when you are ready to start thinking about next year. We'll partner with you to make it your best year yet.

RTSA Launches New Website!

bgallagher@treecarescience.com — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:32:47 -0700

Of course, if you are reading this you already know that! We have been working hard over the past few months to develop a site that meets the needs and wants of our clients (and we wanted it to look cool, too!). Check back frequently as we will be adding new content galore of the next few weeks. If you can't wait that long and some info not yet available on the site be sure to Contact Us and will assist you in whatever you need.

If you were accustomed to the old site and cannot find something you were looking for, just let us know and we'll get you the info right away. Commonly downloaded items like application guides or Cambistat rate charts will no longer be available right from the site but all you have to do is call or email us and we'll get one in your hands right away.

Take a look around and let us know what you think!

New Higher Rates for Xytect!

bgallagher@treecarescience.com — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:13:00 -0700

New research has discovered higher rates of Xytect (imidacloprid) were more effective in controlling difficult and deadly pests like the emerald ash borer on larger trees. Xytect is the only imidacloprid in the industry labeled with these higher rates, equally double (2X) the rate allowed by other products.

These findings now give the tree care industry a soil applied tool proven to be effective on larger trees, offering superior protection for high value, specimen trees. We recommend using this 2X rate on all trees larger than 15" in diameter and also on trees in high infestation areas. RTSA was a industry leader in this research, responding to the call from arborists to provide a protocol for protecting the big trees without having to cause the wounding associated with tree injection products.

Get the EPA approved labels for Xytect 2F and Xytect 75WSP in our MSDS & Labels section.

Finally, a Soil Applied Product for Managing Mites and Caterpillars

bgallagher@treecarescience.com — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:33:28 -0700

For years tree health practicioners have been faced with serious pests like gypsy moth, tent caterpillars, and spider mites armed only with spray treatments. Lepitect was developed by RTSA to this gap in the PHC toolbox. Now, for the first time in the industry, a new tool is available that allows treatment of these pests via soil injection.

Not only does it have impressive data for control against a wide variety of common tree pests, it is fast acting too. Lepitect gets to work in as little as 1-3 days on smaller trees and within a week or so on larger trees. This allows you to use this tool as a rescue, or "just-in-time" treatment in situations traditional soil applied products would be too late.

Read more about this versitile and valuable tool in our Arborceuticals section and check out this PDF on the research and uses of Lepitect:

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New University Treatment Recommendations For Emerald Ash Borer

bgallagher@treecarescience.com — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:38:03 -0700

Five Universities compiled all the available research and have compiled a publication entitled "Insecticide Options for Protecting Ash Trees from Emerald Ash Borer." This represents the most complete University recommendation to date for managing this devastating pest. Download the latest version here by clicking on the photo.

We also have a summary of the latest research available. This discusses the options of soil application and tree injection with photos of treated trees: