Les Jones: Consultree Tree Consultants and Hemlock Adelgid Treatment

June 05, 2007

PSAs > Consultree Tree Consultants and Hemlock Adelgid Treatment

I first heard about hemlock woolly adelgids from Factchecker at Knoxviews.com. The adelgids can destroy a tree, and we have an especially nice hemolock I'd hate to lose. I called Consultree tree specialists to come out and spray for adelgids just in case.

Curtis Casciano came out and inspected the tree. To my surprise he found adelgid egg sacs. They look tiny white dots on the green needles. When you tear them apart the sac is like thick cotton, and there are eggs inside.

Cost was reasonable. Factchecker said $150-200 was typical. Consultree charges based on the trunk diameter. For our 23" diameter hemlock the price was just $115. Curtis said they'd call us in two years for the next spraying.

According to their materials consultree is ISA certified (#MA--0690) and has a Tennessee pesticide charter (#3933). 865-789-7642.

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Comments

Wait. Did they spray your tree or inject a pesticide into the ground for the roots to take up? The usual treatment is an injection.

Also, those are not eggs inside the woolly coating. They are the insects themselves, which exude wax for protection much like the related spittlebug exudes spittle.

Posted by: persimmon at June 05, 2007

I was there when he inspected the tree but not when he sprayed. The invoice says "a systemic insecticide," which may have been an injection.

Didn't realize those were the critters themselves.

Posted by: Les Jones at June 05, 2007

Greetings, Les. My wife found this post from the Google when she was looking for Consultree's phone number. They were the same people who treated our tree. I would have plugged them, but didn't know their name when I commented at KnoxViews.

Anyway, small world. Nice mention on a good subject. I'll try to check back more often. Regards,
"Factchecker"

Posted by: FC at June 07, 2007

Coolness.

It's amazing that Google has already indexed this page and made it the #1 result for a search for "consultree" a day or two after I blogged about. That's quick!

Posted by: Les Jones at June 07, 2007