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“We appreciate the time and attention that your Arbor Patrol team takes to maintain the overall health and appearance of the trees, bushes and general grounds. As they say, you can only have one first impression and the impression the grounds make on both residents and visitors alike is always positive thanks to your caring maintenance. Just as the trees continue to grow and blossom under your care, we hope our relationship with SavATree does the same.”
William Toedter
Southampton, NY
“After four different unsatisfactory visits with so-called arborists, I found SavaTree... I was most impressed with the professionalism of David [my arborists] and his colleagues. They were most knowledgeable, fair with their assessment about what needed to be done, yet very attuned with what my concerns. I highly recommend them without any hesitation. In a field where there is an abundance of folks looking to take advantage of consumers, SavaTree, David and crew strike me as incredibly honest and proud arborists who do a fantastic job.”
Debbie Durkin
Silver Spring, MD
“I am a new and highly satisfied customer of SavATree. For 50 years I have lived in the same house in the Greenhaven area, and in that time I have never had a tree company that gave me such fine service.”
Joan Kleinbard
Rye, NY
“It is always a pleasure working with SavATree as your company provides the best plant, tree and lawn health care that we have experienced at the Ives. Always professional, courteous and responsive to our needs, SavATree’s services have provided our employees and patrons with pleasant outdoor experiences in an insect free environment for several years.”
Kathleen G. Gallagher
Executive Director
The Charles Ives Center for the Arts
Danbury, CT
“For over 14 years, I have entrusted the care of my trees, plants and orchard to SavATree. Their highly qualified arborists have exacting standards and understand how to maintain the health and form of the various species of trees on my property. I admire the artistic skill that goes into the pruning and love the colorful blossoms, fruits and foliage that flourish as a result of their impeccable care.”
Martha Stewart
Katonah, NY
"Efficient, high quality, professional competence — all at a competitive sum. At first [Alison] Pottage won me over by her solid knowledge as an arborist, then the crew did their job to her specifications on our 60 to 70 foot oaks within a remarkable period of time -- and left the grounds quite clean.”
Bob Busser
Philadelphia, PA
Click here to read all testimonials“You take on a job, call it a problem, gigantic or small, and you go to it. True Professionals. I am at peace for having found SavATree. Sometimes bills are paid grudgingly. I pay with respect to a company whose pride lives up to its logo. It’s love of what you do and I thank you.”
Sam Fink
Great Neck, NY
Sapling to Senior: Young and Mature Tree Care
The same truism applies to nearly all things that age over time: they need guidance when they’re young and proactive care as they mature – this, of course, includes trees. Young trees benefit greatly from branch training to establish proper form and strength as well as soil amendments to establish root systems and help with the absorption of nutrients. If the appropriate steps are taken when trees are in their formative stages, they will grow into beautiful and graceful companions that will stay with you for years to come.
Sapling
Having a trained arborist prune newly planted trees will help the tree grow strong and encourage a properly balanced branch scaffold system. Developing a single dominant trunk is the key principle of strong structure, and it may be necessary for the arborists to reduce competing branches for the sake of tree health – a Darwinist pruning if you will. The proper pruning techniques help promote stem and branch structure by manipulating orientation, spacing, size, and strength of limbs. Additionally structural pruning will prevent a lot of headaches and expensive problems down the road, as restorative tree pruning – done to deteriorating or damaged trees – can be a difficult process that is better to avoid if possible.
Nutrients
In suburban and urban environments leaves – tree’s natural nutrient source – are typically removed. This causes stress as trees must compete with turf and other vegetation for nutrients and water; when added to soil compaction and root space infringement, trees often sustain deficiencies. A custom program with the proper balance of nutrients and supplements helps promote optimal tree health. A soil amendment may be required to improve the physical properties of the soil and provide a better environment for roots. An air spade can be used to amend soils by adding organic materials to replicate the forest environment and improve water retention, permeability, water infiltration, drainage, aeration and structure. In addition, proper fertilization with SavATree’s ArborHealthÆ, our slow release organic blend fertilizer, provides micro and macro nutrients and sea kelp to correct plant nutritional deficiencies and also promote plant health without forcing vegetative growth
Mature
As a tree matures, it is more able to look after itself. For example its root system delivers water as needed – even during hot, dry summers. Occasionally, mature trees will require pruning to maintain structural integrity and to remove potentially hazardous deadwood. Most importantly, trees should be proactively monitored to assess and prevent any issues that may make it susceptible to stress, insects, mites or disease. SavATree’s patented ArborKelpÆ is an organic bio-stimulant treatment that can be used as a preventative tool, promoting healthy root growth and strengthening resistance to stress.
Senior
Older trees need TLC too! Tree experts can evaluate your trees to determine structural weaknesses. If needed, cabling and bracing create artificial support to structurally weak or injured trees and branches. These supports help to prevent injuries, such as crotch and branch failure, and help to provide protection against storm damage. The growth of the tree can also be regulated with our exclusive ArborBalanceÆ treatment – helping to balance a tree’s shoot to root ratio resulting in a healthier tree and controlled tree size. ArborBalanceÆ can also be particularly effective to reinvigorate trees that are in a slow state of decline. Providing the proper care throughout all the stages of your tree’s development will extend their vitality and well-being—making them lifelong companions!
Click or call today to arrange a complimentary consultation from our fully trained and certified arborists for tree service, cabling and bracing and tree pruning from SavATree. Contact the office nearest you.
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