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Ortho® Tree & Shrub Insect Control Ready To Use Granules

Ortho Tree Shrub Granules

Overview & Benefits

  • Kills listed Insects and Prevents Reinfestation
  • Protects for up to 12 months
  • Kills emerald ash border, aphids, leaf beatles, leafminers, scale, whiteflies and other listed insects.

Available sizes:

    3.5 lbs.

How to Use

Evenly distribute the product on the soil surface within one and on-half feet of the base of the plant.

Only apply to moist soil. Do not apply to dry, saturated or frozen soil or when plants are not actively growing and taking up water from soil.

For plants grown in the ground: Apply evenly on the soil around the base of plant within 18? of the trunks

Trees: 1/3 to 2/3 cup per inch of diameter of trunk. Apply at base of tree and water the granules to move the insecticide into the soil. For multi-stemmed trees, add the diameter for all stems together to determine the total diameter to be treated.

For Shrubs: 1/4 to 1/3 cup per foot of shrub height

When to Apply

When insects begin to appear.

How often to apply

Do not make more than 1 application per year.

Where to Use

Outdoors on newly planted or established ornamental plants, trees and shrubs planted in the landscape or in containers.

Where Not to Use

Do not apply near fish pools, ponds, streams or lakes. Do not apply to soils which are frozen, waterlogged, or saturated which will reduce delivery of product into the root zone of the plants. Do not apply to bearing fruit trees or bearing nut trees. Not for sale, sale into, distribution and/or use in Nassau, Suffolk, Kings, and Queen counties in the state of New York.

Coverage Area

Treats 8 trees that measure 8 inches around trunk; Treats 9 shrubs that are 2 feet tall

What it Controls

Insects: Adelgids, Aphids, Borers including Emerald Ash Borer, Fungus Gnats, Lacebugs, Leafhoppers, Leaf Beetles (excluding Asian Longhorned Beetles), Leafminers, Mealybugs, Psyllids, Root Weevils, Scales, Thrips, Whiteflies, White Grubs

Associated Plants

For use on shade trees and other ornamental trees, including listed fruit and nut trees: Apple, Crabapple, Loquat, Mayhaw, Oriental Pear, Pear, Pecan, Quince. For use on shrubs and container plants in outdoor landscapes and interior plantscapes.

Benefits

Kills listed insects that damage trees.

Container Type

Bottle

Active Ingredients

2.0% Dinotefuran

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