Fertilome (11205) Tree & Shrub Drench (16 oz)

I put this on all my crape myrtles and they are doing so much better. They had bark scale and black soot. I scrubbed the soot off and poured this around the base. I will apply this every year. They look happy now!

Crape Myrtle Bark Scale ( Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae) is the only reason I use this product, but it is quite effective. I live in North Texas where my best landscaping is native Yaupon Holly (NOTHING bothers these beauties) and lots of various types of crape myrtles. For 20 years my crape myrtles could handle the stupid extremes of hot and cold and shake off minor bugs like aphids and then the freaky Asian Bark Scale invaded across the South. I came close to losing a couple of well established trees (the scale also sets up a great environment for sooty mold and the two problems cause terrible damage) before I finally found the systemic root drenches that work to kill the scale. I don't use this on any regular schedule although I have found it I usually have to dose each tree once every two years. I just wait until I see the scale and then dose the tree and the scale is dead within a couple of weeks and stays gone for a long time. The sooty mold never has a chance to develop. Fertilome is an effective as any of the 3 different products I've used and less expensive than the other two.

I use this twice a year in Tennessee- January and June. Last year I missed a tree. In the photo it’s obvious which tree got stripped of leaves by the aphids, the fuller tree was treated. Lesson learned.Before I started treating my trees, it wasn’t a good idea to walk under them talking or without a hat because I saw sun rays through the branches once. In the rays I saw p00 raining down. Some people call it honeydew. Honeydew my goodness. That’s like calling an outhouse a powder room. It coated flowers, lawn ornaments, the windshield of my truck black. The goo is sticky and requires manual scrubbing. I’m just glad I found this product solution.I have 16 trees I treat and use 9 oz of product per gallon of water, no matter the size of the tree. If I used the recommended amount on my mature trees, which includes all 16, I’d have to buy six or seven gallons which is totally not necessary. For two trees growing right close to one another I treat each tree separately.Bonus: Even if it’s late and you see proof of an infestation, treat it. Within literally a couple days you’ll stop them dead. Don’t be surprised to see new growth on the tree after it’s treated.

Good value

Great product. It helped my crepe myrtles quite a bit. No more aphids. I ordered 2 gallons this year.

My crepe myrtle were full of mites and scale. My neighbor told me about Fertilome drench. Tried it and what a difference it made. My crepe myrtle look healthy and beautiful. Will pretreatvtjis spring to prevent mites and scale.

Very easy to apply as long as done before spring growth of ground cover ... certainly much more practical than attempting to spray branches of mature trees. I have been using to control Pine Beatle so difficult to observe effectiveness. (I have 4 mature pine trees. Two are infected and two are in about 200 away.) However, continuing to use professional services would be at a perpetual cost of $700 - $800/yr. This product is about $30/yr to treat all 4 trees ... cheap enough for keeping the trees to be feasable.This year I am also trying out the product on my mature birch water willow and ornamental flowering cherry trees to see if I can more fully control aphid issues. If successful I will, after 2 years, likely go back to using lady bugs.

I had a cedar tree that looked brown on the needles. Distressed looking. Much better after treatment within 1 week.