
Yes, Salt Damages Your Plants (Here’s How To Save Them!)
With the recently warm days, us environmental geeks are happily spending more time outside. This is all exciting, of course, but everything is fun and games until our trees & shrubs get hurt… which has likely happened if deicing rock salt has been used near landscapes this winter. At RTEC,…

Biostimulants: The Multivitamins Your Trees and Shrubs Need
What comes to your mind when you think of the word “multivitamin”? Do you wonder if it works? What benefits it has? If it’s good for you? Biostimulants are like multivitamins for plants, but with guaranteed results. They leave your landscape flourishing, both internally and aesthetically. In fact, our Certified…

6 Tips to Help Your Trees Weather Summer Storms
Monday marks the start of hurricane season. Although only 18 hurricanes have hit the DC metro area in the last 178 years, it’s common for us to experience residual rains and winds from hurricanes and tropical storms that make landfall further down the coast. Although not hurricanes, these storms still…

Are Your Evergreen Shrubs (Azaleas, Boxwoods, etc.) Turning Brown/Yellow?
Many homeowners that didn’t protect their Evergreens with Anti-Desiccants this winter are starting to see the signs of Winter Burn. Our Arborists report seeing a lot of shrubs around the DC Metro area suffering from winter burn and getting a lot of calls from clients that are experiencing winter burn…

3 New Year’s Resolutions for You and Your Trees
44% of Americans make New Year’s resolutions. 99.9% of the time these resolutions are to improve ourselves; however, did you know some of the most common new year’s resolutions could help your trees as well? We’ve compiled 3 New Year’s resolutions that can help your trees in 2020. 1. Reduce…