Pest Management Services

Your landscape is in good hands with Big O Tree and Lawn Service. Our pest management program will help your landscape thrive. We offer plant care to all the locally grown landscape plants from Azaleas to Zelkova. Our educated staff understands how to use the best products in an environmentally responsible manner to target pests. From careful, thorough, diagnostics to proper timing and targeting, Big O Tree has the expertise to assist you.

Through college education, continued education, experience, and industry specific training, Big O is an expert in the care of trees and shrubbery. If your plants are showing signs of nutritional imbalance, stress, or other issues, a soil analysis will be completed and compared with the needs of the individual plant. Landscape plants have a variety of nutritional needs, some require an acidic soil, some a more base soil, and it is important to understand these needs before any fertilizer is applied. Big O Tree and Lawn Service offers a more advanced monitoring and treatment program which we call Plant Health Care. 

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Plant Health Care Program

In this program we visit the landscape up to eight times in the season, inspecting and monitoring for insect, disease and cultural problems. If any insect or disease is found they are treated at the appropriate time to give the best control. A report is generally sent after each visit to inform you of the treatments given, the current condition of the plants, anything that is being watched and monitored, cultural recommendations, and more. 

The visits are generally 2-4 weeks apart. These visits are typically targeted to known potential infestations based on the types of plants on the landscape and what pests are anticipated. Some of the visits do not require treatment while others may have several different treatments applied. This program provides targeted treatments with less product used on the landscape and in the environment. 

Frequently Asked Questions

What plants do you treat?

Big O Tree and Lawn Service specializes in woody perennial plants such as shrubs and trees. We do not treat herbaceous plants such as annual plants, perennial herbaceous plants, and vegetable plants. These plants require special care which we do not provide nor are we well voiced in their care. Vegetable garden plants to be eaten are outside our licensing.

What can I do to protect my plants from pests?

The property owner should regularly inspect their landscape. Look for any disease or insect infestation. While you may not be sure what pests are causing problems for your plants by doing regular inspections you will know when to call in the experts for assistance.

What are the benefits of the Plant Health Care program?

The main benefits of a pest management program is having licensed experts to inspect your property every 2-4 weeks throughout the season. This will ensure your plants are treated at the first sign of infestation. Big O Tree will provide targeted treatments to the plants that need it during these inspections. By doing targeted treatments as needed, your plants will receive the care they need without harming the environment with blanket treatments at every visit.

Will these chemicals harm the environment or my pets?

Big O Tree and Lawn Service uses a variety of products to provide the appropriate control measures for your plant health care needs. We target specific conditions on specific plants thus limiting the exposure to the environment. We do our best to choose the best and safest products for our clients. Our experts are trained on proper usage amounts and do not practice blanket treatments (the practice of spraying the entire landscape). This protects the environment and your loved ones from over usage of chemicals.    

Do my trees need a pest management program?

Tree and shrubbery fertilization is often necessary. If a plant is showing signs of nutritional imbalance, is stressed, in decline or has some other issue, a fertilizer is applied. We will start with a soil analysis and then compare that analysis with the needs of the individual plant prior to treatment.