Talking Trees with Davey Tree
Your trees and landscapes require year-round care, and The Davey Tree Expert Company is here to help provide you with expert advice. Join our professional Davey arborists and gardening-expert host Doug Oster to learn all about caring for your properties. We'll talk about introduced pests, seasonal tree care, tree diseases, arborists' favorite trees, how to help your trees thrive and everything in between. Tune in every Thursday because here at the Talking Trees Podcast, we know trees are the answer.
Episodes
Sandee Reid, Davey’s vice president of corporate communications and strategic planning, talks about Davey’s partnership with the Cleveland Guardians and why reestablishing the tree canopy is so important.
In this episode we cover:
- What is Swing for the Trees? (0:46)
- Which trees are planted through the program? (1:18)
- Where are the trees planted? (2:00)
- How the partnership began (2:32)
- Earth Week Sponsorship (3:42)
- Sandee's cer...
Aaron Hoot from Davey's Dallas office talks about preventative tree healthcare, common problems that can be prevented and the importance of treating emerald ash borer on trees.
In this episode we cover:
- Girdling roots (0:45)
- Proper planting practices (2:43))
- Looking for distress signals (4:25)
- Preventing emerald ash borer (6:13)
- How arborists conduct preventative checkups (10:35)
- Mistletoe pruning (17:57)
- How Aaron became an arb...
Josh Fritz from Hartney Greymont, a Davey company, in the Boston North Shore office, talks about Doug's dying oak forest and how he can slowly replace the trees that have succumbed to oak wilt, as well as why planting a diversity of species in your landscape is so important.
In this episode we cover:
- Planting diversity (0:35)
- Street trees (2:03)
- What to replace a Bradford pear with (3:39)
- Replacing Doug's oak...
Deb Sheeler, a Geospatial & Software Support Services production manager with Davey Resource Group (DRG), talks about the ways drones are used in arboriculture, what kind of data they can capture and how it's used in the industry.
In this episode we cover:
- What does geospatial and software support mean? (0:36)
- How drones are used in arboriculture (1:04)
- Drones creating 3D images (2:27)
- How many people operate ...
Matt Betz from Davey's Charlotte office talks about what you should be doing this spring on your landscape to keep your trees and property thrive this season!
In this episode we cover:
- Spring so far this year in Charlotte (0:33)
- Damage becomes apparent in spring (1:23)
- Right tools and sharp tools (3:22)
- Should you avoid pruning in the spring? (5:04)
- Benefits of a certified arborist and cabling and bracing (6:18)
- Spr...
Lou Meyer, business developer for Davey's mid-Atlantic region, discusses how arborists work with nature while dealing with storms, temperature changes and pest concerns.
In this episode we cover:
- Managing nature (1:02)
- Working with storms (1:58)
- Best time to treat trees (3:30)
- Winter in the mid-Atlantic (5:08)
- Cherry blossoms (6:17)
- How trees handle abnormal temperatures (7:14)
- Managing emerald ash borer (9:43)
- Managing other pe...
Dr. Chris Fields-Johnson, technical advisor with the Davey Institute, talks about the many uses and benefits of biochar and how it can be used in the landscape.
In this episode we cover:
- What is biochar? (0:40)
- What does biochar do to the soil? (1:35)
- What does biochar look like? (3:57)
- How is biochar made? (5:11)
- How would biochar be used in tree plantings? (6:37)
- Is biochar a new product? (8:51)
- How is biochar packaged? (11:25)
- How...
Audrey Sellepack, pesticide compliance specialist at the Davey Institute, and Anne Embrey, organizational change management specialist, talk about their experiences as women in the green industry and their involvement with Davey's Women+ affinity group.
In this episode we cover:
- What is a pesticide compliance specialist? (00:53)
- What an organizational change management specialist does (1:42)
- Anne's green industry journ...
Kodi Riedel, diagnostic laboratory supervisor at the Davey Institute, talks about her work in the lab, how a diagnosis happens and the common diagnoses she's seen in the lab.
In this episode we cover:
- What is a diagnostic laboratory supervisor (00:39)
- New things seen in the lab (2:09)
- How Davey keeps up with tree trends (2:41)
- How arborists use the lab (3:40)
- The lab's busiest times (5:30)
- Abiotic issues (5:58)
- Kodi's ...
Hear from three students attending the Davey Institute of Tree Sciences (D.I.T.S.) program, Davey's annual flagship training program in biological sciences, safety, tree and plant care and management techniques. Philip Bauerle from Davey's North Pittsburgh office, Izzy Christmann from Davey's Portland office and Max Hackney from Davey's health and safety department talk about their experience in the four-week pr...
Dan Herms, vice president of research and development at the Davey Institute, talks about the American Chesnut tree - the history, chestnut blight and how scientists are trying to bring the species back to the United States.
In this episode we cover:
- History of the American Chestnut (0:38)
- Mature specimens of the tree (2:44)
- Bringing the tree back (4:19)
- GMOs (7:57)
- Back crossing (11:27)
- How are the hybrid forests doing?...
Jason Gaskill from Davey's Wilmington, Delaware, office shares his personal experience connecting with nature through work, traveling and leading hikes, as well as why it's important to get outside, enjoy the outdoors and connect with nature.
In this episode we cover:
- When did Jason's appreciation for trees start? (1:12)
- Leading nature hikes (4:19)
- Suggestions on how to reconnect with nature (6:41) (17:2...
Jason Parker from Davey's Horsham, Pa., office talks about what to do before and after a storm to protect your landscape.
In this episode we cover:
- Winter in Philadelphia (0:37)
- What arborists look for before a storm (0:55)
- Scheduled storm maintenance (1:33)
- Handling ice storms (3:15) (5:50)
- What arborists do after a storm (3:52)
- Winter rain events (6:56)
- Planting the right tree in the right place (9:00)
- What Jason likes to plant...
Cindy Grady, regional business developer in Minnesota, talks about the affect salt can have on your landscape and plants and possible alternatives available to property owners.
In this episode we cover:
- Smart Salting Certification from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (0:52)
- Salt's impact on water sources (2:03)
- Alternatives to salt (3:09), (13:52)
- Salt's impact on plants (5:13)
- How properties can responsibly use sa...
Lou Meyer, business developer for Davey's mid-Atlantic region, talks about landscaping trends he saw at the 2024 Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show (MANTS).
In this episode we cover:
- What is the Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show? (0:48)
- Trends in landscaping (1:48)
- Fabric grow sacks (2:00)
- Gardening containers (5:52)
- Shifting away from native only (6:25)
- Environmental restoration (9:27)
- Software in landscaping (11:50)
- Winter ...
Matt Betz from Davey's Charlotte office talks about what to do to help a young tree be successful in the winter and his family's history at Davey.
In this episode we cover:
- Winter in North Carolina (00:40)
- Considerations for young trees in a cool climate (1:28)
- Wrapping trees (2:36)
- Staking young trees (5:50)
- Watering young trees in cold weather (7:53)
- Mulching (8:57)
- Matt's Davey journey (11:47)
- When to plant in North ...
Brian Sieber from Davey's Cincinnati office talks about what homeowners can be doing to care for their trees during the winter.
In this episode we cover:
- Winter in Southwest Ohio (0:40)
- What can be done to help trees in winter (2:40)
- An arborist's annual visit schedule (3:44)
- Winter watering (4:47)
- Evergreen watering (5:44)
- Pruning in cold weather (6:19)
- Brian's favorite trees to plant in winter (7:00)
- Trees with intere...
Mike Holleran from Davey's Wilmington, Delaware, office talks about why it's beneficial to prune in the winter, when an expert needs to help prune and tips on pruning your own tree.
In this episode we cover:
- Benefits of pruning during dormancy (0:34) (9:55)
- Reasons homeowners think their tree needs pruned (1:40)
- Right tree right place (3:21)
- When a homeowner should prune vs when to leave it to an expert (5:05...
Michael Sundberg from Davey's South East Denver office shares how he handles winter watering in Colorado's (typically) year-round dry conditions.
In this episode we cover:
- Winter in Colorado (1:17)
- Watering in all four seasons (3:55)
- Handing faucets in winter (4:47)
- How arborists water client trees (5:15), (12:37)
- How to know how much to water (8:19)
- How weather impacts arborists' work (9:35)
- Problems caused by moistur...
Travis McDonald from Davey's South Minneapolis office shares advice on tree care and planting in extreme temperatures, from heat waves to cold and snow.
In this episode we cover:
- Weather shifts (0:35)
- Irrigation during dry spells (1:31)
- Hardiness zones changing (2:37)
- Minneapolis summer (4:06)
- What time should you be watering? (4:48)
- Watering probe (5:24)
- Which trees should you water? (6:42)
- Mulching (7:15)
- Biochar (...
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