Red Cedar uses an integrated approach to managing disease and insects on your property. We begin with maintaining plant health care and creating optimal soil conditions for plant growth. Periodic inspections are essential to detect pest infestations before they reach damaging levels.
Prevention:
A small amount of prevention and pest control is much better than a large amount of cure. Our tick control program features short and long-term treatments and pest services to reduce your exposure to disease-carrying ticks, helping to prevent disease. Additionally, Red Cedar offers mosquito spray which provide short-term control from mosquitos, and deer management solutions (repellent sprays, fencing, and deer resistant planting advice).
Treatment & Management:
If your tree or property has unfortunately already become infected with disease, a management and treatment plan will need to be put into place. Proper diagnosis is key in constructing the correct treatment. The earliest signs of trouble can offer you the opportunity to combat the invading species before it does too much damage.
Needle cast is a name for a group of fungal diseases found in conifers. The most obvious sign that your conifer tree may have contracted needle cast is if it is shedding needles. Prior to shedding, the needles will begin to show light green to yellow spots before turning completely brown/red. There are over 40 …
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Oak Wilt is a tree disease that affects several species of oak. Killing thousands of oaks each year, it is one of the most serious tree diseases in the Eastern U.S. Infected oaks can be found in forests, woodlands, and within homeowners’ landscapes. The disease is formally known as Ceratocystis Fagacearum, which is a fungus …
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Now is the time to start thinking about your plant health care and tick control options. Several counties within the mid-Hudson Valley have the nation’s highest rates of Lyme Disease, making effective tick control methods extremely important. Lyme Disease is caused by a bite from an infected black-legged tick, more commonly known as a deer tick. Most …
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It’s not uncommon for homeowners to forget about, or ignore their trees in winter. However, winter is actually the perfect, and most important time, to start planning your tree, plant health, and pest control plans for the warmer months. As we quickly approach March, spring will be here before you know it. So, what should …
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Don’t Let a Tick Make You Sick Heading into summer is a good time for kids to learn the basics about ticks, tick-borne diseases and tick management practices for biting ticks in New York. It’s important that you don’t let a tick make you sick. Keep ticks away! Wear repellent on your bare skin or …
You spend hours, even years, working toward a healthy property around your home, then a single insect or disease wipes all of that out in a of months. Red Cedar is here to help you avoid that fate. We have been invested in landscape management for years and our professional staff has vast knowledge of …