Your trees do not stand a chance. When was the last time you fertilized and watered your trees? You plant them on parkways and boulevards surrounded by concrete. Oil and gas spilloff, salt, and car exhaust are washed into the soil. The anaerobic microbes that breakdown the nutrients lie dormant, the tree is not being fed. The roots grow under the concrete into packed soil, gravel and sand. There is no secret why your trees are stressed and an easy prey for the EAB.

The bronze birch borer beetle in the state of Washington is kin the the EAB. Kerry Knorr, a senior arborist, with Tall Tree of Washington found that Biogenesis (a microbial product) was successful in reversing the infestation of the birch borer.

Biogenesis has a variety of species of indigenous soil microrganisms that are cultured in a laboratory, formulated in sequential order and held in a dry form through animated suspension for reconstitution and use at a later time. The dried and ground finished product contains millions of beneficial microbes per gram. A more detailed explanation can be emailed to you.

By injecting biogenesis into the soil around the ash tree, the microbes breakdown the nutrients for absorpsion into the root system. This will make a stressed ash tree healthy. We do not yet know what it will do for an EAB infested tree, but we have to do something. This is a decision each homeowner must make.

The cost of each application of biogenesis is $16 plus tax for each ash tree. Each homeowner can easily apply the biogenesis himself. The first application should be immediate, before the ground gets too hard. The second application should be March-April of 2007. The cost to cut down the ash tree, dispose of the wood and replant another tree could cost over $1,000. Remember, your local government could make you cut down the trees, or worse the government would cut down the trees and give you a bill!

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