Tomlinson Bomberger would like to wish all of you a Happy & Safe Holiday Season!
Many of us get asked what a lawn, landscape, and pest control company does during the winter. The answer is, plenty! Most of our field personnel are unable to work during the winter months, as the cold weather isn’t very conducive [...]
The Gypsy Moth caterpillar, which is responsible for millions of acres of defoliation annually, was brought to the United States in 1869 in a failed attempt to start a silkworm industry. This bad idea from Leopold Trouvelot escaped from his back yard and now has spread across Eastern US and Canada.
Tree damage is caused by [...]
A question often asked in springs is “will a frost hurt the new leaves that have just emerged?” and “Honey, where did I put that bag of leftover fertilizer?” I intend to answer the first question and the second you will have to find for yourself.
The answer is not a simple yes or no, but [...]
One of the joys of the weather warming up in early spring, is the color bursting forth from the ground, the shrubs and our trees. When thinking about spring color we plant bulbs for a great show, but our trees have the largest display and can be glorious in their show of color and fragrance. [...]
Do you have Roses or other trees & shrubs on your property that get eaten up by beetles in the summer? Do you have Hemlock trees with Wooly Adelgid? Do you have Tulip Poplars or Magnolias that get scale in the summer? If so, applying a systemic soil injection of Merit® could become these plants’ [...]
Now that everything is thawing out, it’s time to tend to your roses. Follow these steps to get your roses started on a great season!
The most important time of the year for roses is early spring. This is the time to do a hard prune to your bushes, fertilize and apply your fungicide and [...]
These three Spring diseases common to plants in our area sound like a horror movie. If you have a tree you love in your landscape, look out! One of these diseases may be about to creep its way in to make your trees look horrible! The important thing to remember about these diseases, is early [...]
Now that we got your attention, no, it’s not the oil that we use to for our automobiles, but rather, the ones we use to manage pests on our ornamental landscape shrubs and trees.
Oils are an important management tool for controlling pests on trees and shrubs. Oils are refined petroleum products without any impurities to [...]
Besides the weather being hotter than normal, the University of Delaware reports that some homeowners may see their shade trees dropping leaves earlier than normal. Lindens, sycamores and birches are more susceptible during summer droughts or when water availability is limited. Homeowners will be happy to know that this is normal and neither the tree [...]
