Plant Health Care Specialists
Tree Injection Treatment in North Augusta, Augusta, and Aiken
Borers killing a tree from the top down, or a tall tree you cannot reach with a spray? Arborwright treats trees from the inside out, injecting the right product directly into the tree’s vascular system where pests feed and sprays never reach. Free on-site assessment across North Augusta, Augusta, Aiken, and the rest of the CSRA.
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What is tree injection treatment?
Tree injection treatment delivers pesticides, fungicides, or nutrients directly into a tree’s vascular system through small ports in the trunk, so the product moves inside the tree to where pests and disease are active. Because nothing is sprayed into the air, it reaches tall canopies and internal pests that surface treatments miss, with no drift onto people, pets, or pollinators. Arborwright provides tree injection treatment across North Augusta, Augusta, Aiken, and the CSRA.
When is trunk injection the right treatment?
Injection is the right call when the pest feeds inside the tree, when the tree is too tall to spray well, or when spraying is not safe for the site. On CSRA properties this comes up most with borers in pines and hardwoods, oak wilt and bacterial leaf scorch in oaks, and valued trees near water, gardens, or play areas.
- Borers feeding deep inside the trunk
- Tall trees too high to spray well
- Oak wilt or bacterial leaf scorch
- Scale or aphids on a large tree
- Valued trees near water or play areas
- Pale leaves from a micronutrient deficiency
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ISA Certified Arborist® On Staff
Thomas Wilson
Certification number: SO-3193887A
Biology-Degreed Team
Burns Newsome
B.S. Biology + M.S. Genetics
ISA Member On Staff
Thomas Wilson
International Society of Arboriculture
SC Licensed Applicator
Burns Newsome
SC Dept. of Pesticide Regulation
Why does spraying a big tree mostly waste the product?
Spraying works on small, accessible foliage, but on a sixty-foot tree most of the product never lands where it needs to, drifting off as mist or coating only the lower leaves. Worse, many of the pests that actually kill trees, the borers under the bark and the insects feeding high in the canopy, sit somewhere a surface spray cannot touch. You can empty a tank on a tree and never reach the thing eating it.
Trunk injection works the way the tree already moves water. Small ports are placed in the sapwood at the base of the trunk, and the product is drawn up through the vascular system into the canopy, the same path nutrients and water travel. Because it moves inside the tree, it reaches internal pests directly and stays there, with no spray drift onto people, pets, pollinators, or the garden below. That precision is exactly what Integrated Pest Management calls for.
Injection is not the answer for every tree, and a company that injects everything is doing it wrong. Each port is a small wound, so injection should be reserved for the cases where it clearly beats the alternatives, and the dose, timing, and port placement have to be correct or the treatment fails or harms the tree. Burns Newsome handles that judgment as a Licensed Applicator with two degrees in the biological sciences, choosing injection when the pest, the tree size, or the site calls for it, and a simpler method when it does not.
How does Arborwright inject trees?
Step 01 · Confirm it is the right method
Injection starts with a diagnosis and a judgment call: is the pest internal, the tree too tall to spray, or the site too sensitive for it? If a soil drench or a targeted spray would do the job with less wounding, we use that instead.
Step 02 · Match product and dose
We match the product to the confirmed problem, an insecticide for borers, a fungicide for oak wilt, a micronutrient for pale foliage, and calculate the dose to the tree's size. Correct dosing is the difference between a treatment that works and one that wastes the season.
Step 03 · Inject the vascular system
Small ports are placed in the sapwood at the root flare, and the product is delivered under controlled pressure so the tree draws it up into the canopy. We use the fewest ports that do the job and place them to close cleanly, because each one is a wound.
Step 04 · Seal and monitor
Ports are left to compartmentalize the way a proper pruning cut would, and we track the tree's response. Most injections protect for one to two years, so we set the reapplication window rather than treating again before it is needed.
What to expect from your tree injection treatment
DAY 0
Diagnosis and injection
On-site diagnosis, then the injection when it is the right method and the tree is actively moving water.
DAY 1 TO 14
Uptake
The tree draws the product up through the canopy over the following days, with nothing sprayed and no mess left behind.
WEEKS TO MONTHS
Pest knockdown
Internal pests are controlled as the product reaches them, and active damage stops.
YEAR 1 TO 2
Residual protection
Most injections protect for one to two years, and we set the next window only when the tree needs it.
What protection looks like
Uptake happens within the first two weeks, and pest activity drops off as the product reaches the feeding sites. For borers and disease, the tree stabilizes over the following weeks to months, and a single injection often holds protection for one to two growing seasons before any reapplication is considered.
Why CSRA homeowners choose Arborwright
Diagnostic-first tree care
Most tree services start with “what do you want us to do?” We start with “what’s actually going on?” Arborwright is built around plant health care and diagnostic-first work, which means we look at your tree, identify what’s wrong, and tell you honestly what it needs. Sometimes that means treatment. Sometimes it means a pruning plan. Sometimes it means removal. We tell you which, with the evidence to back it up.
Our arborists know the CSRA’s clay-heavy soils, humid subtropical climate, and the tree species that thrive and struggle here. Local conditions matter. We show up prepared for them.
Science-based diagnostics
Every recommendation backed by plant pathology, soil science, and real evidence.
Honest recommendations
We tell you what your tree actually needs, even when it's less work for us. No upsells.
The people behind arborwright
Real credentials. Real expertise. Real local knowledge.
Burns Newsome
Founder & Plant Health Care Specialist
Licensed Applicator | B.S. Biology + M.S. Genetics | Former Vanderbilt Research Team
I come from a research background. Before founding Arborwright Tree Care, I spent several years as part of a research team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where careful observation and methodical thinking defined the job. I hold two degrees in the biological sciences, and I apply that same research-first mindset to every tree I evaluate.
What drives my work is a deep passion for healthy ecological landscapes. I believe most struggling trees can be saved when the right diagnosis comes first. Removal is a last resort, not a default. Across North Augusta, Aiken, Augusta, and the rest of the CSRA, I help homeowners understand what’s actually happening with their trees, from crape myrtle bark scale to root stress to storm damage, and build treatment plans backed by evidence instead of guesswork.
When I’m not in the field, I’m on my own land with my two boys: catching critters, fishing, and managing the property to support the greatest diversity of life it can hold. That’s how this business started. At some point, working within the constraints of my own backyard wasn’t enough. I wanted to care for the landscape around me in a meaningful way, and help the people in my community do the same. Arborwright is how I do that.
Thomas Wilson
ISA Certified Arborist®
ISA Certified Arborist® | ISA Member | 13 Years of Field Experience
I came up in tree work in Tennessee, where I spent years climbing, pruning, and learning how trees actually behave under load and stress. There is no shortcut for that kind of time in the canopy. When I moved to the CSRA, I brought that hands-on foundation with me and adapted it to a new set of species, the region’s clay-heavy soils, and a much longer growing season.
Earning my ISA Certified Arborist® credential held that field experience to a documented, tested standard. My focus is structure and risk: how a tree is built, where it is weak, and what it is likely to do in the next storm. I would rather find a failure point on a calm afternoon than after a limb is already down on someone’s roof.
What I value most is the work that keeps a mature tree standing. A large, established tree takes decades to replace, and most of the ones I assess can be kept healthy and sound when someone reads them early and acts on what they find. That is the part of this job I care about, and it is why I am glad to do it here in the CSRA.
Tree injection treatment pricing
The on-site assessment is free. Tree injection is typically priced per tree and ranges from $X to $Y, depending on the factors below.
- Tree size and trunk diameter
- Product and dose required
- Pest or disease being treated
- Number of trees treated
- Single treatment or program
- Tree access and condition
Free assessment includes
Your free assessment includes a diagnosis, an honest call on whether injection is the right method, and the recommended product, dose, and schedule with itemized pricing. Burns or Tom walks you through it on site, with no obligation and no pressure.
Frequently asked questions
Everything homeowners ask before scheduling tree injection treatment.
The on-site assessment is free, and injection is usually priced per tree. Cost depends on the tree’s size and trunk diameter, the product and dose required, and the number of trees treated. Arborwright confirms injection is the right method before recommending it, so you are not paying to inject a tree a simpler treatment would handle.
Tree injection delivers a pesticide, fungicide, or nutrient directly into the tree’s vascular system through small ports in the trunk. The tree draws the product up into the canopy along the same path it moves water, reaching pests and disease inside the tree. Nothing is sprayed, so there is no drift onto people, pets, or pollinators.
Injection wins when the pest feeds inside the tree, the tree is too tall to spray well, or the site is too sensitive for spraying, such as near water, gardens, or play areas. It also works where dry or compacted soil keeps a soil drench from being taken up. For accessible, surface pests, a simpler method is often the better choice.
An arborist confirms injection is the right method, matches the product and dose to the tree’s size and problem, and places small ports in the sapwood at the base of the trunk. The product is delivered under controlled pressure and drawn up into the canopy. The fewest ports needed are used, and they are placed to close cleanly.
Each port is a small wound, which is why injection is reserved for cases where it clearly beats the alternatives and the fewest ports possible are used. Placed correctly, the ports compartmentalize and close the way a proper pruning cut does. Over-injecting a tree, or injecting one that did not need it, is what causes harm, not the method itself.
Some companies inject every tree because the treatment is profitable. Arborwright injects only when the pest, the tree size, or the site calls for it, and uses a simpler method when one will do. Burns Newsome is a Licensed Applicator with two degrees in the biological sciences, and Thomas Wilson is an ISA Certified Arborist® with 13 years of field experience.
Most injections protect the tree for one to two growing seasons, depending on the product, the pest, and the tree. Some borer and disease treatments hold protection longer, while others are timed to an annual cycle. Arborwright sets the reapplication window based on the specific treatment rather than injecting again before the tree needs it.
Injection is used for borers like southern pine beetle, sucking pests like scale and aphids on large trees, diseases such as oak wilt and bacterial leaf scorch, and nutrient problems like iron chlorosis. It is especially useful on tall trees and internal pests that surface sprays cannot reach. The right product depends on a confirmed diagnosis.
It is one of the safest delivery methods available. Because the product goes inside the tree rather than into the air, there is no spray drift onto people, pets, or the plants below, and pollinators are not exposed the way they are with broad spraying. A Licensed Applicator handles the product and follows its label for rates and timing.
Being present for the assessment helps so the plan is clear, but the injection itself does not require you to be home if access to the tree is arranged in advance. There is no spray to keep clear of and no mess on the lawn, and the area around the tree is safe to use normally once the visit is finished.
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Tree injection treatment near you
Arborwright Tree Care provides plant health care, tree services, and arborist consultations across North Augusta, Augusta, Aiken, Evans, Martinez, and the surrounding CSRA. Find your area below.
Hammond’s Ferry, Riverview Park, downtown North Augusta. Our home base.
West Augusta, Summerville, National Hills, Forest Hills, downtown.
Downtown Aiken, Houndslake, Woodside, Hitchcock Woods area.
Riverwood Plantation, Evans to Locks, Kiokee.
Photo Credits
Soil injection treatment — Mengmeng Gu, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Bugwood.org.
White, waxy bark spots in branch crotches; black sooty mold on trunk; reddish-pink crush test — Jim Robbins, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Bugwood.org.
Healthy crepe myrtle bloom photographs — open access.