Rrecommendation for a Tree care Arborist (Pest control and trimming on Blue Spruce and Crab Apple)

[sako55]

I work for a tree service. If you want to send me your info in a PM, I can get someone out. It might take a bit as the entire industry is swamped right now. I do not personally take care of the area and we have a few offices that service the Metro area. Depending on the Zip you are in, will decide if the arborist is out of my office or another.

As to fire blight, you don't do much right now and wait to prune it out in the late fall/winter. Spraying has minimal efficacy from my experience but is warranted in extreme cases. Bees are the ones that will typically spread it around and that is why it appears to never go away. A bee colony carries the bacteria on them and it really never goes away and they spread it from tree to tree.

Leaf curl aphids typically require a systemic injection to get rid of them. It kills the aphids but does not uncurl the leaves. There are several injections but only a couple move through the trees quick enough but this depends on their size.

I guess you tree could have spruce mites. Don't see them too often but it is possible. Kind of unusual considering all of the rain. Mites do not like it wet. If the tips are brown it is from the mother's day freeze. Could have spruce bud scale. Bunch of things.

Again, can get another opinion if you would like. There is no charge.

[USMC88-93]

I guess you tree could have spruce mites. Don't see them too often but it is possible. Kind of unusual considering all of the rain. Mites do not like it wet. If the tips are brown it is from the mother's day freeze. Could have spruce bud scale. Bunch of things.

Again, can get another opinion if you would like. There is no charge.

As for the Spruce per the guy I stopped from Arbor Pro when he was checking out some trees down the street. He said something along the lines of "evidence of" rather than It absolutely has them. Any Spruce care would be preventative rather than prescriptive care. He gave everything a superficial look rather than a genuine evaluation and estimate because I really did not want to keep him from his scheduled appointments.