A prepn for maintaining and recovering the health of trees based on maize germ oil with the addn. of epsom salts (Mg sulphate), onions or lupulin (hop dust). A mixt. of 1000 ml maize germ oil and 200 g epsom salts is used for pine, fir and spruce trees; a mixt. of 1000 ml maize germ oil and 500 g preserved onions is used for deciduous trees except oak; and a mixt. of 1000 ml maize germ oil and 100 g hop dust is used for oak trees. USE/ADVANTAGE - The prepns are used for treating the tree roots and have been found to have a soil-neutralising effect and a bacteria-inhibiting effect, and promote nutrition and renewal of the root cells so as promote growth and the general health of the tree.