Tree & Shrub Care

General Insect Sprays for Trees, Shrubs & Other Plantings

Designed to provide insect and disease control and protection for trees, shrubs, bushes, and other perennial plants found in established beds around a home or business throughout the growing season.

Treatment Types

Systemic – Preventive – March – Bud Break (April)

The product is applied to the ground and absorbed by the tree’s roots. It travels to every inch of the tree through the tree’s cambium. Newly emerging leaves will be protected from foraging Insects and some diseases throughout the growing season.

Common pests and diseases targeted:

Aphids
Adelgids
Boring Insects
Leaf Hoopers
Leaf Miners
Anthracnose
Powdery Mildew
Root Rot

Methods of Systemic Treatments

Injection: a measured amount of mixed solution is injected into the ground beneath the tree’s canopy in a circle grid from the trunk out to the drip line
Soil Drench: a measured amount of mixed solution is poured around the base of the tree’s trunk

Foliar or Contact Spray – Reactive – May – August

A mixed solution that is applied directly onto the foliage of the tree, shrub, or bush through spray equipment to control insects that are currently active or slow the spread and the effects of an active disease.

Call Empire Spray at the onset of a problem. Early diagnosis increases the odds for a successful treatment.

General Insect Information

Types of plantings treated but not limited to:

Arborvitae, Yew, Juniper, Boxwood, Euonymus, Barberry, InkBerry, Holly, Burning, Weeping Cherry, Crabapple, Beech, Flowering Cherry, Pear and Plum, Rhododendrons, Azalea

Types of Target Pests but not limited to:

Aphids, tent caterpillars, sawfly, adelgids, box elder, scale, spider mites

Types of Target Diseases but not limited to:

Anthracnose, powdery mildew, leaf spot or scale

General Insect Spray Schedule

Dormant with Fungicide – March – April

A spring spray prevents over wintering eggs, larva or adults from continuing their life cycle and stop pathogen spores from becoming active and spreading.

Spring with Fungicide – May – Mid June

Summer – Mid June – July

Late Summer – August

Specialty Tree Sprays

Spruce Gall Adelgid

New buds swell creating a “gall damage” to new growth buds appears
Turns purplish in color, then brown as it dies
Looks like small cones all over the tree
Treat in mid-April
An ugly appearance can be severe in some cases