Rainbow Treecare

• Learn About Trees At The Minneapolis Home and Garden Show

  Visit your Rainbow arborist and get the most up to date information about Emerald Ash Borer, Japanese Beetles and other tree issues at the Minneapolis Home and Garden Show.

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  Top Ten Reasons Why Evergreen Trees (Conifers) Are Losing Needles This Fall

  Needle loss on evergreen trees? Find out what may be the cause.

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• Unusual damage from dogwood sawfly

  Occasionally we run across something that just seems too weird to be true, but it is.  This Fall Rainbow Pest Experts, our company that provides pest control services for residential and commercial properties, received calls about caterpillars burrowing into decks and siding.  A few  clients sent us some pictures that looked like the boring caterpillars were actually plant [...]

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• Dry Trees

  Water your trees.  We have just experienced the driest September in the past 10 years and it doesn’t look promising for any more wet weather for the next several weeks.  But, water is exactly what our trees need to make it through the winter.  Trees that are well hydrated going into the winter are better [...]

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• Japanese Beetles Are Here

  Rainbow Treecare Certified Arborist, Tony Kunda, receives the “Eagle Eye” award for the first confirmed sighting of an adult Japanese Beetle this year.  Tony, our consultant for the Southwest Metro area, identified an adult beetle feeding on ornamental grape vines in Excelsior, MN.  This early sighting indicates the start of the battle to protect susceptible plants. [...]

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• Forest Tent Caterpillars Have Hatched In The Twin Cities Area

  Our arborists at Rainbow Treecare have seen forest tent caterpillars hatching in the last day or so.  Jeff Hahn, Extension Entomologist at the University of Minnesota, has also reported the hatching on the Urban Forestry Institute’s pest phenology network on crabapples and oaks in Minneapolis and St Paul. This insect is not always a problem, [...]

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• Prevent Tree Diseases Now

  The long wait is finally over, the leaves of trees and shrubs are growing and getting larger every day in the rapid rush to begin photosynthesizing.   While the cool spring kept everything in bud for much longer than anticipated, the leaves for almost all trees are now out.   Our cool wet weather makes our [...]

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• Rain, rain go away, EAB is here to stay!

  The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has identified new locations of ash trees infested with Emerald Ash Borer in the Twin Cities.  Ash trees along West River Road in Minneapolis were the most recent victims of the Asian pest that was introduced to the United States through the ports of Toledo and Detroit on packing materials from China.  [...]

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• Come See Rainbow Treecare At The Living Green Expo May 7-8, 2011

  Trees are the ultimate green machine. They clean the air and soil and keep us healthy. Now learn how to help them do their job better.

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• Rainbow Treecare Is At the Plymouth Yard and Garden Expo.

  For everyone in the West Metro, come visit us April 8th, 6-9 pm and April 9th, 9 am -1 pm. Plymouth Creek Center, booth 102.  ISA Board-Certified Master Arborist, Dave Strootman, will be on hand to answer all of your tree and shrub questions.  See you there!

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