Organic Treecare

As a member of the Organic Horticultural Business Association, Houston Chapter, Treescapes embraces and promotes organic arboriculture in our region.  Some of the specific certified organic treatments that we provide include:

Compost Tea

Our compost tea applications reintroduce beneficial microbes into your soil.  Both bacterial and fungal agents promote a healthier soil ecology, resulting in more readily available nutrients and increased water retention during period of drought.

Liquid Organic Fertilization

We have learned that many of today’s synthetic fertilizers are basically microbe killing salts.  Although these produce a temporary greening affect in our trees, they also leave our soils depleted of vital microbial activities and can cause trees to be “addicted” to fertilizer. 

An organic approach focuses on soil vitality by applying nutrients in the proper form while increasing microbial activity at the same time.  The more microbes present in a soil, the more effective a tree can metabolize nutrients.

Mycorrhizal Fungi

In a forest setting, trees attract beneficial fungi called Mycorrhizae.  Together, a tree’s root system and these fungi create a symbiotic relationship whereby root mass is increased.  The result is more efficient water and nutrient uptake as well as a more securely anchored tree.