As the weather starts to warm up here in Texas, it's time to ensure your trees and shrubs are well-prepared for the summer season. Summer can be detrimental to the health of your trees and shrubs because of the high temperatures, but you can ensure they maintain their healthy and lush appearance by fertilizing them! Fertilizing your trees and shrubs in the summer will bolster their health so they can survive the heat. That's because fertilizers contain nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, the three key nutrients that help your plants grow healthy, stay green, develop strong roots, and resist stressors. You'll also want to pair your fertilizer treatments with insect and disease control treatments to ensure your trees and shrubs are protected from these stressors.

Fertilize Your Trees & Shrubs This Summer to Help Them Survive the Heat

The summer season can be stressful for your trees and shrubs. They will struggle under the scorching heat of the sun, so you want to make sure they have everything they need to make it through this season. That's where fertilizers come in. Fertilizing your trees and shrubs will strengthen them and help them survive the summer heat. Fertilizer treatments are packed with beneficial nutrients that will boost the health of your trees and shrubs, fortify their roots, and build up their resistance so they can withstand the stress brought by the heat.

Make sure your fertilizer treatment contains essential nutrients that your trees and shrubs need to make it through the summer.

Your trees and shrubs need various nutrients and minerals to thrive. When fertilizing them in the summer, you'll want to make sure the treatment contains essential nutrients that will help your trees and shrubs get through the stress of the season. Here are the nutrients your trees and shrubs fertilization treatment should contain:

  • Nitrogen: This is the key nutrient found in tree and shrub fertilizers. Nitrogen helps to give your plants beautiful green leaves and also aids in photosynthesis, so your trees and shrubs can turn sunlight into energy. This means nitrogen stimulates growth, creates denser foliage, and enhances the vigor of your plants.
  • Phosphorus: This nutrient plays a crucial role in strengthening the root systems of your plants. You want your trees and shrubs to have strong and deep roots so they can hold more water and nutrients.
  • Potassium: This nutrient is responsible for bolstering your plants' cell walls to improve their resistance to stressors like drought, insects, and diseases.

Pair your fertilizer treatment with insect and disease control treatments to protect your trees and shrubs.

While you should definitely fertilize your trees and shrubs in the summer to maintain their optimum health, you can go the extra mile for them by pairing your fertilizer treatment with insect and disease control treatments! With the summer season putting a strain on the health of your trees and shrubs, you'll want to ensure nothing else adds to that stress. Insect and disease control treatments help prevent pests from infesting your trees and shrubs and protects them from any diseases or infections.

Some insects that commonly infest trees and shrubs in our area of Texas include webworms and aphids.

Call us today to sign up for our tree and shrub fertilization service.

The summer heat can be detrimental to the health of your plants, but we can help them remain healthy and green during this season via our tree and shrub fertilization service. This service includes three applications a year: one in the spring, one in the summer, and one in the fall. Our crew provides this service for residential properties in Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, TX, and nearby areas. Call us today at (972) 727-9207 to sign up for this service!