We specialise in helping save these wonderful trees without fumigating or killing bees and other fauna.

We DO NOT use Imidacloprid, which is a highly toxic product that although is effective in killing Pests, it has been proven to sit in the trees and flowers and can be passed onto Bees and other Pollinators.

The three main treatments for borer beetles are:

• Tree (or trunk) injection – A fast, safe and inconspicuous, all-year-round treatment involving the direct injection of Ema-Ject®, fungicides or both into the actual tree trunk.
• Canopy spraying – Implemented at full leaf expansion (around the 3rd week of October) – not favoured by us, but using biologicals.
• Soil injection – Involving injecting an insecticidal solution around the root zone – a treatment option completely phased out by Save My Tree

Soil injection is harmful to the environment

Soil injecting elm trees with imidacloprid is a risk to bees and the environment. All flowering plants and grasses around a soil injected trees are exposed to imdacloprid at a rate many times the agricultural label maximum

The disease can be confused with infestation by Mealy Bugs Pseudococcus, that are also a sap sucking insect.

It produces a black sooty mould on the leaves and trunk of the tree, encourage fungal pathogens and cause decline and death of the growing tips and eventually the whole tree.

We are looking for trees that have infestations to try using out specific and targeted methods.

The leafhopper infestation is rife across the entire SEQ area. We are eager to help stop these little bugs from destroying the most iconic of Queensland’s trees.