Speaker: Aaron Dickinson, Arborcology, LLC
In an era of instant gratification, fast food, drive-up windows and same day delivery, society has come to expect instant results. Have we, as arborists, become a by-product of society expectations and when discussing tree care, do we prescribe the “silver bullet” treatment first? Our communication with the client requires the aspect of cultural practices that can remedy the plant’s issue, with the assistance of a chemical control and lead to reduce applications.
Many companies are growing their plant health care divisions with the expectation of generating 30% or more of the revenue from PHC. I have seen companies prescribing a chemical approach to the plant care problem and downplaying the necessity to cultural care. Are we being true stewards of the environment when we encourage treatments annually and forego the practices of solving the problem?
This presentation will explore some common PHC problems that frequently have repeated applications that benefit from cultural approaches, or the consideration of different chemical approaches combined with the cultural practices.