Holiday Lighting Installation And Removal Service

Zimmerman Tree Service provides commercial and residential holiday and year-round lighting services in the Palm Beach County area.

Professionally decorate your business or home for the holiday season with holiday lights and Christmas decorating service.

Get professional lighting installation at its very best, with safe, quality installation and removal.

From holiday lighting design, installation, removal and storage, turn your business or home into a wonderland.

 

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Harvesting Pumpkins, Storing Seeds

The quintessential fall vegetable is, of course, the pumpkin. Master gardener Chris Dawson shows how to harvest this special squash and the best way to save seeds for the next season. http://www.hgtv.com/gardening/harvesting-pumpkins-storing-seeds/index.html

Autumn Landscape Care In Florida

Here in Florida we do not encounter the dramatic changes in foliage seen in cooler northern climates. To be sure we do experience the changing of the leaves just as other areas do, just not to the visual extreme evident in some locales. Autumn is, like all the seasons, a time of change. Cooling temperatures slow the above ground growth of leaves and other foliage, some will change colors and die off. Moister soil allows stronger development of roots. We can protect plants' overall health during this time by removing withered parts like spent stems and dead branches.

This is the perfect season to aerate the lawn. Compressed soil must be aerated so water and nutrients can reach the roots. On a small yard A garden fork can do the job. Bigger lawns may require a walk-behind aerator. It is also a good time to feed your grass. For most types of grass the roots keep growing until the ground gets down to around 40 degrees. Apply a high-phosphorus (12-25-12) mix to lawns in fall to encourage further root growth. This will also be beneficial after winter as your turf will green up earlier in spring.

During the cooler months your grass will grow much more slowly. This is a great time for an end-of-season mowing as disease has a harder time getting established with shorter grass. Also keep in mind that fallen leaves blow easier across the lawn with shorter grass because they have nothing to latch on to. Those leaves will also be a valuable addition to your compost heap. You will need to flip the leaf pile every week with a garden fork to aerate it. The resulting mulch can be used next year to nourish shrub borders, lawns, flower beds, and herb gardens. 

This can be a good time of year to plant new shrubs which tend to be more cold-resistant. Planting them now gives the plants a head start at establishing roots in the season's cool, moist soil. At the same time you initiate new growth it is good to eliminate the remains of the old. Trimming branches and dead limbs can remove the possibility of them blowing down in cold windy weather and damaging your home or endangering your family. You can probably handle the small ones yourself but for the bigger jobs it is better to call in the pros.

The groundwork you do this season will prepare your lawn and landscaping for the next. Your autumn efforts will generate spring rewards. The work you do now results in healthier spring beds. Get rid of tired annuals, as well as the snails and slugs that feed on them, which breed in fall. Trim spent perennial foliage down to the ground and divide crowded tuberous plants, like daylilies and irises. The more space you create the more room you will have for flowers next year.

Zimmerman Tree Service Receives Recognitions

 

A local tree care firm received industry recognitions.

 

Zimmerman Tree Service of Lake Worth recently achieved re-accreditation through the Tree Care Industry Association.

 

For the three-year designation, businesses undergo an extensive review of professional practices, including consumer satisfaction, best business practices, employee training, industry compliance and insurance coverage.

 

In addition, the International Society of Arboriculture recently recognized company founder Michael Zimmerman for his contribution to the advancement of the purpose and substance of ISA’s Florida chapter.

 

July 1, 2013
By Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel

Lightning Protection In South Florida

Sometimes being number one is not a particularly good thing. Summer is not only hurricane season, but here in Florida it is our peak lightning season as well. In the United States, Florida has damaging and deadly electric weather that is unmatched by any other state. Warm, sometimes even hot air from the Gulf of Mexico collides with cooler air from the west, creating deafening and dangerous thunderstorms. Spawned inside the colliding air currents, electrical charges build up and often shoot toward the Earth in the form of lightning.

Here in Florida we experience an impressive 25.3 strikes per square mile and 1.45 million lightning strikes each year, on average. The state is also the deadliest for lightning, amassing 62 deaths over the past 10 years. As the old saying goes, lightning never strikes the same place twice because no place is the same after lightning strikes it. Annually, more than one million trees in the United States are struck by lightning. The Southeast has the greatest frequency of lightning storms in the country with Florida being the leading state.

Lightning can kill trees as soon as they are struck or damage and weaken them so severely that they are then attacked and killed by boring insects or other secondary invaders. Sometimes lightning struck trees must be removed due to structural degradation caused by the heat and mechanical forces generated by the electrical charge. What many people don’t realize is that lightning poses a risk not only to trees, but also to adjacent structures. Damage to structures can happen when lightning strikes a tree and then side-flashes (“jumps”) to more conductive materials such as downspouts and other metal objects. Generally houses with trees within ten feet of the structure and taller than the roof are most at risk to damage from side-flashes.

Tall trees are obviously most at risk to suffer lightning strikes and certain species like our palms and pines are damaged more often than others. Trees in feature locations in the landscape, historic trees, and those trees closest to structures are also smart choices for lightning protection. You may protect your trees by having Zimmerman Tree Service   install lightning protection systems. The best lightning protection for your trees is having lightning rods installed in the trees that are most susceptible to lightning strikes. Not all your trees need lightning rods. Zimmerman Tree Service  will make a professional assessment of your trees, based on species, height, proximity to structures and other pertinent factors to help you determine in which trees to install lightning protection.

 

Zimmerman Tree Service provides plant care, lawn, insect control, pruning, stump grinding, exotic invasive removal, mangrove, lethal yellowing treatment, pine revitalization, coconut palm injections, blend fertilizers, disease, cabling, bracing, lightning protection and total plant health care in Palm Beach County, Boca Raton, West Palm, Wellington, Manalapan, Green Acres, Lake Worth, Delray Beach, Jupiter, Lantana, Boynton Beach Tree and the rest of Palm Beach County, as well as Broward and Martin Counties in South Florida. Call 561-968-1045

 

Rugose Spiraling Whitefly Control In South Florida

The rugose spiraling whitefly is different from the ficus whitefly. The rugose was originally called the Gumbo Limbo Spiraling Whitefly, named after the plant on which it was first discovered. But it has since been found infesting the Gumbo Limbo, White Bird of Paradise, Coconut Palm, Black Olive, Live Oak, and others. These whiteflies are much larger than the ficus and bemisia whiteflies – almost three times bigger.




The rugose spiraling whitefly is also different from the ficus whitefly in that it is less of a pest to plants. From what we have seen so far, it is not causing severe damage such as plant death or branch die-back. However it is a nuisance and can create a mess. Our climate conditions here in Florida are ideal for their growth. Therefore populations build up, and infested plants can become covered with the white, waxy substance and disfigured by the black sooty mold that grows on the insect’s excrement (called honeydew). Honeydew is a sugar-rich sticky liquid, and is also secreted by aphids and some scale insects as they feed on plant sap. This sticky honeydew can accumulate on cars, pool decks and patio furniture from infested trees. 

Rugose spiraling whitefly infestations are being discovered all over Southwest Florida. They also seem to be infesting all of our most common palms in addition to many of our most common trees. How can you tell if your plants have become the targets of these pests? Look for the distinctive white spirals and a build-up of a white, waxy substance on the underside of the leaves. If the leaves are turning white the sooty mold that's produced can turn the leaves, trunk and anything under the infested tree black. This black sooty mold in turn interferes with photosynthesis. This mold can reduce plant growth and may cause early leaf drop.

The most effective way to combat the pests is to have an arborist and certified pest control operator deal with them. With over 30 years of experience,  Zimmerman Tree Service is a full service organization providing shade, fruit and ornamental tree care as well as insect, disease and fertilization programs. As a leader in tree care,  Zimmerman Tree Service’s unique approach of delivering a wide range of arboriculture services conveniently eliminates the time and expense of searching for and experimenting with different companies.

Our objective is to continually provide superior arboriculture services that add value to trees, prepare them for storm season and enhance their overall health and beauty. We focus on servicing our customers to the fullest extent to ensure their satisfaction.

Zimmerman Tree Service provides plant care, lawn, insect control, pruning, stump grinding, exotic invasive removal, mangrove, lethal yellowing treatment, pine revitalization, coconut palm injections, blend fertilizers, disease, cabling, bracing, lightning protection and total plant health care in Palm Beach County, Boca Raton, West Palm, Wellington, Manalapan, Green Acres, Lake Worth, Delray Beach, Jupiter, Lantana, Boynton Beach Tree and the rest of Palm Beach County, as well as Broward and Martin Counties in South Florida. Call 561-968-1045

Pest Control Of The Whitefly In South Florida

Among the many greenery and landscaping options our subtropical climate here in Florida allows us to choose is the Ficus tree. In many places the Ficus is more commonly grown indoors than out. But in our warm environment the Ficus can be grown outside. In our yards these trees can reach massive sizes, from 50 to 60 feet high and with a spread of 100 feet. They often grow to be wider than they are tall. The Ficus tree is an excellent ornamental plant and most species produce figs. The proper care and cultivation of these trees became more of a challenge in 2007 when the Ficus Whitefly was introduced into the U.S. here in Florida.

Whiteflies are an insect with more than 1500 species having been classified. They can transmit disease and also eat and destroy plants and shrubberies. They are very difficult to control and their elimination may require the application of multiple methods in rotation and over weeks. The whitefly evolves in 4 stages, from eggs to nymphs, to pupa, to the adult fly. Researchers at the University of Florida report that Ficus Whiteflies are seriously injuring host plants by sucking juices from them. This results in wilting, yellowing, stunting, leaf drop, or even the death of trees.

To find out if your Ficus is at risk shake your plant to see if small, gnat-like whiteflies emerge. You can also check the underside of the leaves for whiteflies in immature stages. A magnifying glass is helpful for detection. The whiteflies will appear as small tan to light green discs with red eyes. You will want to carefully check your ficus plants for early signs of an infestation. Detection of these pests in the beginning stages will make it easier to manage them before they build high populations and cause major damage. Since whiteflies congregate in large numbers infested plants can be quickly overwhelmed and destroyed.

We cannot consider the Ficus Whitefly just a natural consequence of living in Florida - it is not a native species. For that matter neither are the Ficus Trees they attack. However, the Ficus Whitefly is a devastating garden insect infesting and destroying hundreds of landscapes all over Florida. Yours could easily be next. Most plants become heavily infested in only days or a couple of weeks. If you do not catch the infestation early you could lose most of your beautiful flora. You could also lose thousands of dollars in replacement costs. Better protect your investment and call  Zimmerman Tree Service today. With over 30 years of experience,  Zimmerman Tree Service is a full service organization providing shade, fruit and ornamental tree care as well as insect, disease and fertilization programs. As a leader in tree care,  Zimmerman Tree Service’s unique approach of delivering a wide range of arboriculture services conveniently eliminates the time and expense of searching for and experimenting with different companies.

Our objective is to continually provide superior arboriculture services that add value to trees, prepare them for storm season and enhance their overall health and beauty. We focus on servicing our customers to the fullest extent to ensure their satisfaction.

Zimmerman Tree Service provides plant care, lawn, insect control, pruning, stump grinding, exotic invasive removal, mangrove, lethal yellowing treatment, pine revitalization, coconut palm injections, blend fertilizers, disease, cabling, bracing, lightning protection and total plant health care in Palm Beach County, Boca Raton, West Palm, Wellington, Manalapan, Green Acres, Lake Worth, Delray Beach, Jupiter, Lantana, Boynton Beach Tree and the rest of Palm Beach County, as well as Broward and Martin Counties in South Florida. Call 561-968-1045