Haines Tree and Spray - Spray Planning Charts

Spray Planning Charts

LAWN CARE	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lawn Fertilizers Best every 5 weeks, 8 applications per year	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Lawn Moss Control Iron to dehydrate the moss, rake out if thick	X	X	X	X						X	X	X
Lawn Insect Control European and Common			XX	XX	X	X	X	X	XX	XX
Lawn Weed Control For broadleaf weeds			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Aeration Loosen soil for water and nutrient penetration			X	X	X				X	X
Over seeding This will thicken and fill in the lawn			X	X	X	X			X	X
Lime Application Neutralize soil acidity and release nutrients	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Poa / Crabgrass Pre-emergent only		X	X	X					X	X	X

WEED CONTROL	Jan	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov
Total Vegetation Control Minimum 2 times per year		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Bark Beds Minimum 2 times per year		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Pre-Landscape 15 days prior to any work being done		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Blackberry Control Minimum 2 times per year		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brush Control Minimum 2 times per year		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Noxious Weed Control Minimum 3 times per year		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Lawn Weed Control	Please See Lawn Care Chart

PEST CONTROL	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
Exterior Spider Spray As needed through spring/summer				X	X	X	X	X	X
Preventative Perimeter 4-5 treatments as needed - ants and snow bugs	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Monthly Maintenance Extreme cases - carpenter ants		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Fly Control As needed through spring/summer			X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Japanese Lady Bug Beetle Preventative only								X	X

Tree Spray Planning Chart
COVER SPRAYS	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Dormant Oil & Lime Sulfur For fruit trees and ornamental	X	X	X
Spring Spray Aphids, caterpillars, leaf miners				X	X	X	X
Summer Spray Aphids, leaf hoppers, scale, pine shoot moth						X	X	X
Fall Spray Aphids, mites, thrips, tipmoth, weevils									X	X	X
Delayed Fall Fruit trees for aphids, mites, scale, anthracnose										X	X	X
Dormant Oil Scale, fungus, over-wintering aphids and mites	X										X	X

Problem Specific	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Adelgids Douglas fir, Hemlock, Spruce				X	X	X			X
Anthracnose Dogwood, Japanese Maples		X	X	X	X				X	X	X
Aphid Control Systemic and Spruce Aphids	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Apple Ermine Moth Apple trees only						X	X
Bacterial Blight Lilacs		X	X	X					X	X	X
Bark Beetles Conifers					X	X	X
Berckman's Blight Arborvitae			X	X	X				X	X	X
Bloom Blight Pre-pink bloom, pink bloom and petal fall			XX	XX	XX
Cherry Bark Tortrix Cherry, Plum, Apple, Mountain Ash				X						X
Coddling Moth Dependent on fruit size; begin at quarter size						X	X	X
Cypress Tip Moth Arborvitae and cypress						X	X	X
Deep Root Fertilizer For root and foliar growth	X	X	X	X							X	X
Halisodota Caterpillars Conifers only	X										X	X
Leaf Miner Lilacs and Birches		X	X	X
Mildew Control As it occurs			X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mites Cold/Warm weather			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Needlecast At 1/2 & full needle					X	X	X
Root Rot Junipers, Arborvitae, Rhododendrons			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Scab/Scale Apple and Pear - As determined by host	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X			X
Tent Caterpillar Eastern/Western				X	X	X
Weevils Rhododendrons and Azaleas, 4 week intervals				X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Willow Blight 1/2 and full leaf in spring and fall			X	X					X	X
Winter Moth All deciduous trees				X	X

X - indicates optimum application times

* This is not intended to be all inclusive, but representative of common problems