Micro Injection

Systemic / Microinjection

Microinjection is an environmentally sensitive method of injecting high concentrations of pesticide directly into the natural flow of the tree. The pesticide enters the tree's vascular system, which carries the product up to the canopy in approximately 24 hours.

While this process of injecting pesticide to kill the beetles already inside the tree will not save every signature tree, we have had great success with it when the tree is diagnosed earlier enough in the beetles' flight.

However, when used as a preventative method against the mountain pine beetle, microinjection is the environmentally safest method available to control bark beetles, with no chance for drifting or ground water contamination. We highly recommend microinjection if you have valuable trees around rivers, lakes, ponds, streams or irrigation canals, as we will not spray close to these waterways. Microinjection lasts approximately 30 days, so for bark-boring insects multiple applications will be required.

Microinjection is most commonly used as a curative method. After a tree shows evidence of infestation (pitch tubes, saw dust or light browning of the needles), microinjection gives the tree a 50% chance of survival, which could also eliminate the high costs of removing a dead tree.

• Microinjection is safe for nearby rivers and streams, with no leeching into the soil or water table.
• The pesticide moves up the xylem and phloem of the tree.
• It requires multiple applications, making it potentially more costly than spraying.
• Surrounding wildlife is not affected.

The price for microinjection is $1.75 per circumference inch. For example, an 8-inch diameter tree would cost $43.98. 

(C=d*pi   C=8*3.14159=25.13   25.13*$1.75=$43.98)

For more information on microinjection please contact us.