Interesting, I’m not an arborist, I’m just here to learn from people who know more than me so I don’t feel like a fool asking: What’s the deal with the tree acupuncture needles? I assume it’s some kind of bottle with a medicinal fluid of some kind for the tree, and I assume the injections into different areas around the tree is to hit as much of the cambium as possible for maximal circulation, but… what sorts of ailments need this sort of treatment instead of like, foliar feeding (is that even a thing for big trees?) or just root feeding?
TheJiggie
The ash treatments I get done look like IV bags and a bunch of needles injected into the tree. It’s pretty cool
Watching it absorb it
skateOrrdie4
This just creates open wounds. The mor the move around, the more they ruin the cambium. Soil drench is the way imo.
DanoPinyon
[These images](https://imgur.com/gallery/37wch7G) are from an injection workshop I attended a few months ago (taken more for the bonkers roots, but here we are).
Tree injections are for pest control, disease management, severe nutrient deficiencies, and more. Are they generally safe and effective? Yes. And you don’t have to pour goop on the ground.
Retreadmonk
Had this done on two of my trees 14yrs ago. Amazing to see the tree suck the syringes dry. The white liquid is a concoction that prevents larvae from digesting food & killing the larvae.
It is difficult to determine if a healthy ash tree has been hit by EAB because the tree dies-back starts at the very top of the tree, working on downwards over many years. My green ashes eventually died as they were hit before I tried this. 7 year’s later the 2 green ashes were dead.
sweekune64
I wouldn’t hire these guys again, injection site is way too high.
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Interesting, I’m not an arborist, I’m just here to learn from people who know more than me so I don’t feel like a fool asking: What’s the deal with the tree acupuncture needles? I assume it’s some kind of bottle with a medicinal fluid of some kind for the tree, and I assume the injections into different areas around the tree is to hit as much of the cambium as possible for maximal circulation, but… what sorts of ailments need this sort of treatment instead of like, foliar feeding (is that even a thing for big trees?) or just root feeding?
The ash treatments I get done look like IV bags and a bunch of needles injected into the tree. It’s pretty cool
Watching it absorb it
This just creates open wounds. The mor the move around, the more they ruin the cambium. Soil drench is the way imo.
[These images](https://imgur.com/gallery/37wch7G) are from an injection workshop I attended a few months ago (taken more for the bonkers roots, but here we are).
Tree injections are for pest control, disease management, severe nutrient deficiencies, and more. Are they generally safe and effective? Yes. And you don’t have to pour goop on the ground.
Had this done on two of my trees 14yrs ago. Amazing to see the tree suck the syringes dry. The white liquid is a concoction that prevents larvae from digesting food & killing the larvae.
It is difficult to determine if a healthy ash tree has been hit by EAB because the tree dies-back starts at the very top of the tree, working on downwards over many years. My green ashes eventually died as they were hit before I tried this. 7 year’s later the 2 green ashes were dead.
I wouldn’t hire these guys again, injection site is way too high.
Triples is best. Triples makes it safe
**Treetments**
Fortunate son, unfortunate tree