This past Sunday, we showed our mothers some much deserved love and appreciation in celebration of Mother’s Day. We support our mothers for their dedication to nurturing us and helping us grow with an unwavering eye focused on our health and development. Last Sunday also marked Canada’s National Health Day. We thought that we could share a great tip to taking a proactive approach that will help you hone your community’s own sense of nurture to keep your neighbourhood’s landscape budding and lined with healthy, thriving trees and shrubs all year-round by implementing a deep root fertilization program.
In a forest, trees create their own food or natural fertilizer by shedding their leaves in the fall and by branches naturally decaying on the forest floor. In urban environments like the GTA, the leaves and branches are cleaned up leaving nothing to return to the soil. Nutrient deficiencies in urban landscapes are one of the leading causes of tree and shrub problems. Not supplying trees with proper nutrients makes them more susceptible to the common pests and diseases that lead to the decline in your community’s tree canopy. Unfertilized trees and shrubs can experience stunted growth, slow healing and in some cases eventual death. A deep root fertilization program, or a deep feeding program as it is called as well, slowly releases the nitrogen that ensures trees get the nutrients they require.
A qualified arborist, accompanied by an experienced crew, will identify and select an area around the trees and shrubs that need fertilization. He or she, along with the crew, will then drill roughly 18 inch holes harmlessly into the ground with a gas powered auger, and then a commercial granular fertilizer will be inserted into the holes at the proper depth to release the nitrogen.
Residents and business owners who do not use the services of a qualified arborist run the risk of burning their trees and shrubs and further damaging their landscapes. Professionals are professionals for a reason, and only a skilled arborist and crew should do the job. Find a GTA tree company that has specialists on staff to specifically offer a deep root fertilization program, so you can ensure that the health and growth of your trees and shrubs are in good hands.
