What is TreeLife™? It is a non-toxic, organic, blend of seventeen component ingredients, all from natural sources. Some of these extracts are from plants intentionally grown under stressful conditions so that their application would nutritionally strengthen the trees’ own immunity systems. One of their active ingredients is Miracle-Gro®  plant food 22 ~ 22 ~ 22 unless they have changed the formulation.  Miracle-Gro®  attest that their fertilizer (plant Food) will make plants grow, but no claims of a cure for diseases   (See Examining The Facts ~ http://www.800oakwilt.com/oakwiltbullt.html)  TreeLife™ is a registered as a specialty fertilizer.

Since the beginning of time, throughout the entire world forests,all trees                     intentionally grow under stressful conditions. Every climatic region and climatic                              eco-system will challenge and test a tree's ability to grow and survive. In all                                our forests, survival and time is what Ancient Champion Trees really are made of !          

BIO-STIMULANT is a loose term that includes microbial inoculums, energy sources for microbes, soil conditioners, plant hormones, and other non-nutritional growth-promoting substances. Products containing both bio stimulants and fertilizers have further muddled this definition, they tell you what they do, not what they are. Differentiating between fertilizer response and bio-stimulant response is difficult, if not impossible. No doubt this is precisely what the manufacturers of  such products have intended, a paraphrase that facilitates of mimic natural processes already occurring in trees and soils. Since the non-nutritional component alone may not elicit a plant response.  

One group of bio stimulants is plant hormones. These products may contain one or more of the following: cytokinins, gibberellins, auxins, abscisic acid, and ethylene. When growing under normal conditions, plants have adequate levels of hormones for normal growth and development. Physiological processes in plants involve an interaction of several hormones, and individual hormones have several functions. Many hormones have different functions in different plant species.    

Where did TreeLife™ originate? Experienced arborculturlists (correction ~ aborcultruist, abrorculturalist or arborist) in the Texas Hill Country began a series of experiments with many different plant extracts, most of which had a natural immunity to fungal growth. Variations of these plant ingredients were blended in different combinations for over four years, until a finished product was finally formulated that showed remarkable results. There is no mention of independent university researchers, or plant pathologist performing any phase of research or experiments in relation of TreeLife™, Oak Wilt or DED. They seem to have reclassified the  Experienced Texas Hill Country Arborist as the new authority on pathological research in DED, Oak Wilt and the treatment results of  " TreeLife™, a registered specialty fertilizer "  

How does TreeLife™ work? What is the theory of its application, and what is the underlying reason for its remarkable success?

 TreeLife™’s component ingredients, many extracted from plants that were intentionally grown under stressful conditions, (I would say all plant life grows under stressful conditions whether in a greenhouse or in nature) combine to enhance the important processes in a plant’s root structure and to stimulate the trees’ natural immune systems. These same ingredients are designed to increase plant tolerance, increase nutritional status, and to amplify the natural plant responses to both microbes and insects, root health maintenance (due to root hormone production and nutrient uptake efficiency) as well as insect management, both biological and conventional. These are the selling power of words to describe a product like Bio-Stimulants,  fertilizers or root enhancers like mycorrhizal fungi, which colonize plant roots and extend the root system into the surrounding soil and improve nutrient uptake and water absosrption.

TreeLife™’s stimulation of the rhizosphere* (that boundary or zone of the absorbing root-soil interface where soil elements in water are absorbed into the tree) alone, combined with the other microbes and nutrients in the product, significantly contributes to the overall health of a tree. The rhizosphere was a primary target of the designers of TreeLife™ because every tree treatment affects it in some way, and the more you know about it, the better the chances of your applied treatment being beneficial and successful.

rhizosphere* *this zone of soil around a tree’s roots is a battleground with a continuous war. It is inhabited by a mix of organisms, e.g., bacteria, actinomycetes, fungi, protozoa, slime molds, algae, nematodes, enchytraeid worms, earthworms, millipedes, centipedes, insects, mites, snails, small animals and soil virus compete, one against the other, constantly for water, food and space. There is a balance here and this is a healthy biological soil, not a war zone. A severely depleted rhizosphere results in a weakened tree and it becomes more susceptible to disease. Spraying with TreeLife™ provides nutrients and microbes the tree needs for growth and health and its other ingredients combine to replenish the contents of the rhizosphere.

SOIL MICROBIAL LIFE AS IT REALLY IS ~ A productive, biologically active soil can contain as many as 45 quadrillion microorganisms in the rhizophere or root zone of 1,000 square feet area around a tree. A single teaspoon of fertile soil already has few million soil based microbes. This population consists primarily of bacteria, actinomycetes, fungi, and algae. Within each of these groups of organisms are many diverse genera and species whose populations fluctuate widely both spatially and temporally. Among the factors contributing to this variation are energy sources, nutrients, oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, water availability, temperature, soil pH, atmosphere, and the genetics of the organism. The result is a very complex system influenced by a combination of biotic and abiotic functions. These specific function and characteristics of the constituents of the microbial community are not straight forward and are not thoroughly understood.

There are testimonials, references and recommendations available upon request. There are files full of “before and after” photographic evidence of the results of TreeLife™’s use. It has nearly ten years of development to its credibility. Registered in virtually all states as a specialty fertilizer.

Testimonials and aggressive marketing practices, have been the substitute for independent research results. These companies need scientific counsel as much as very serious legal counsel.

A possible TreeLife™ Guarantee. There is no way of knowing the condition of the tree or trees at the time of treatment, if there is an infection at the time of treatment, nearness of other infected trees, soil and water conditions, the light of day, the Clinton administration, etc. that can play a part in foiling the best attempts to stop the disease. The only limit of our Guarantee is God's Guarantee. It lives, it dies, Guaranteed !.

Financial responsibility and sound management dictate that product purchasing decisions are of the utmost importance. Never before has the tree industry had as many commercially available products for use. So how does one choose between the good, the bad, or the ugly? With Prudence !

A few of my comments are in red and various colors, their facts are in gray.

Rather than sounding too redundant, you may link directly to various articles below, that provide a greater insight to TreeLife™ ~ Oak Wilt Treatments, and related articles, read at your leisure, they will prove very informative.                                                                            

Oak Wilt Treatments/BioStimulants  Examining the Facts TREELIFE Bartley Technologies Inc / Treelife. The New Cure for OakWilt Quotable Quotes Nutritional Humor for TreeLife Lets Examine Their Web Page Nitrogen  and  Trees Are Vital. (All Are Must Read Articles) http://www.joaquinranchent.us/