The North Texas spray calendar
Spray timing in Rhome follows the pest, not the month on an invoice. Late winter (January–February): dormant horticultural oil smothers overwintering scale, mite eggs, and aphid eggs before bud break — the single highest-value spray of the year for infested trees. Bud break (March–April): protective fungicide window for anthracnose, fire blight, and leaf-spot diseases; these sprays only work before infection, which is why a May call about anthracnose is a conversation about next spring. Late May–June: bagworm window — larvae must be treated while small, before the bags harden. Summer (June–August): scouting-driven sprays for lace bugs, aphids, spider mites, and fall webworm, plus species-specific scale crawler windows. Fall: final webworm cleanup and sanitation review heading into dormancy.
Spraying vs. trunk injection — which one your tree needs
Spraying reaches what lives on the surface: chewing and sucking insects on leaves and bark, and fungal spores on the leaf surface. Trunk injection reaches what lives inside the vascular system: oak wilt, bacterial leaf scorch, borers, and chronic chlorosis. Many Rhome properties need both — a dormant oil for scale on the crepe myrtles and an injection program for the red oak with BLS. Because Tree Care Pros does both in-house, the recommendation follows the diagnosis, not the equipment on the truck. See our tree injection service in Rhome for the vascular side.
What we will not do
We don't run blanket calendar spray routes — spraying everything every month wastes your money and harms beneficial insects that do half the pest control for free. We don't spray flowering trees during bloom, full stop — pollinator protection is non-negotiable. We don't use broad-spectrum products where a targeted one works. And we don't spray without an ID: roughly 30% of spray requests in Rhome end with us telling the homeowner no spray is needed, or that the real fix is cultural (watering, mulch, soil) rather than chemical.
Equipment, drift control & documentation
Our high-pressure spray rigs reach canopies 60+ feet up — most consumer and lawn-service equipment tops out around 25 feet, which is why "we sprayed it" so often means "we sprayed the bottom third of it." Applications follow EPA and TDA label requirements: wind under 10 mph, no rain expected within 24 hours, buffer awareness near pools, ponds, and vegetable gardens. Every application is documented with product, rate, target, and conditions — records Rhome homeowners and HOAs receive in writing.
Rhome tree spraying pricing
Single applications typically run $150–$650 depending on tree size and count; small ornamentals from $95. Seasonal programs (dormant oil + spring fungicide + summer scouting sprays) are quoted as a package and reduce the per-visit cost. Estimates are free, written, and itemized — and if spraying isn't the right tool for your Rhome trees, we'll tell you what is.