Talking Trees with Davey Tree

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Talking Trees with Davey Tree episodes

January 04, 2024How to Make a Difference in Your Landscape During the Dormant Season
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 interesting bark (8:32)
Is it okay to fertilize in winter? (9:35)
How Brian became a Davey arborist (10:15)
Mulching in winter (13:09)
Handling early blooms (14:35)
Unique trees Brian enjoys to plant (16:12)
Why trees gain and lose popularity (18:45)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more about how higher winter temperatures affect a landscape, read our blog, How a Warmer Winter May Be Affecting Your Plants.

To learn more about general winter tree care, read our blog, Tree Care Checklist: How to Keep Trees Healthy This Winter.
Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company
Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.
Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
Have feedback, questions or a topic you want covered? Click here to send Talking Trees a message OR email [email protected].
21 min
December 28, 2023Dormant Pruning - Why Prune in the Winter?
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)
Tools (7:20)
How to make cuts + serrated saws - replace or sharpen? (8:27)
What it's like to see trees you've pruned (11:31)
Benefits of hiring a certified arborist/accredited company (13:22)
Trees Mike likes planting (15:40)
Longwood Gardens and Chanticleer (18:13)
What Mikes gets out of his job (19:15)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more about the benefits of pruning in the winter, read our blog, 5 Reasons to Prune During the Dormant Season.

To learn more about pruning tools, read our blog, 3 Best Tree Trimming Tools to Own.

Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company
Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.
Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
Have feedback, questions or a topic you want covered? Click here to send Talking Trees a message OR email [email protected].
22 min
December 14, 2023Should You be Watering in the Winter?
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 moisture levels (10:30)
Importance of watering (13:30)
Soil conditions in Colorado (14:52)
How trees are chosen in Colorado (16:15)
Fertilization (17:20)
What Michael likes to plant (18:13)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more about watering in the winter, check out our blog, 'What You Need to Know about Watering Trees in Winter (Even in Colorado!)'.

To learn more about caring for trees in the winter, check out our blog, 'Tree Care Checklist: How to Keep Trees Healthy This Winter'.
Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company
Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.
Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
Have feedback, questions or a topic you want covered? Click here to send Talking Trees a message OR email [email protected].
23 min
December 07, 2023Tree Care in Extreme Temperatures
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 (13:42)
Winter in Minneapolis (16:05)
Watering until the ground freezes (17:33)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.

To learn more about watering, browse our Watering blogs.

To learn more about mulching, browse our Mulching blogs.
To learn more about the shifting hardiness zones, visit HardinessZones.DaveyInstitute.com.

Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company
Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.
Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
Have feedback, questions or a topic you want covered? Click here to send Talking Trees a message OR email [email protected].
21 min
November 30, 2023How to Hang Outdoor Lights Without Harming the Tree + A GIVEAWAY!
Jason Gaskill from Davey's Wilmington, Delaware, office talks about how to carefully and safely install lights on your outdoor trees without harming them, pruning considerations to make this winter and fun story about one of the trees featured in Davey's 2024 Trees of Davey calendar, plus how you can WIN a copy!

In this episode we cover:
Staying safe while decorating outdoors (1:07)
Don't wrap too tightly, and remember to remove the lights (1:57)
LED lights? (3:36)
Pruning considerations (4:45) (10:28)
Goop and PolyPhosphite 30® (9:04)
Outdoor ornaments? (11:36)
Tree story from the 2024 Trees of Davey calendar (14:26)
How to enter the GIVEAWAY (17:31)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more about how to tell if you should or shouldn't keep your holiday lights hung year round, read our blog, Is it okay to Keep Outdoor Tree Lights on Year Round?

To learn more about steps for how to hang light on tall trees, read our blog, How to Put Christmas Lights on Tall Outdoor Trees.

To learn more about the dos and don'ts of hanging outdoor lights, read our blog, Wrapping Trees with Christmas Lights: The Dos and Don’ts.

Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company
Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.
Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
Have feedback, questions or a topic you want covered? Click here to send Talking Trees a message OR email [email protected].
20 min
November 16, 2023Growing an Edible Landscape!
Lou Meyer, business developer for Davey's mid-Atlantic region and Emily Tepe, Department of Horticulture professor at the University of Minnesota, talk with Doug about the best practices of creating an edible garden, including which trees to plant and how to handle different hardiness zones.
In this episode we cover:
Emily's book: The Edible Landscape (1:08), (24:24)
Edible landscaping (2:01)
Which trees can be used in an edible landscape? (2:46), (5:36)
Growing cherry trees (4:07)
Growing apple trees (6:43), (9:02)
Utilizing cultivars (7:30)
Starting an edible landscape (11:45)
Pruning edible trees (13:02)
Growing persimmon trees (13:26)
How Emily grows in hardiness zone four (15:49)
Growing strawberries (17:05)
What to plant in an edible garden (18:45)
Edible gardens from an arborist's point of view (21:56)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.

Learn more about Emily's book, The Edible Landscape: Creating a Beautiful and Bountiful Garden with Vegetables, Fruits and Flowers.

To learn more about growing fruit trees, check out the Davey Tree blogs about caring for fruit trees.

Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company
Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.
Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
Have feedback, questions or a topic you want covered? Click here to send Talking Trees a message OR email [email protected].
27 min
November 09, 2023Saluting Branches Volunteer Tree Work - Honoring Our Veterans
Jason Parker from Davey's North Philadelphia office talks about the volunteer work he and other arborists across the country do for Saluting Branches, a non-profit organization dedicated to recognizing and honoring our veterans by doing tree work on veteran cemeteries.
In this episode we cover:
What is Saluting Branches (0:40)
Jason's experience with Saluting Branches (1:01), (4:23), (9:53)
What work arborists do (1:36)
What it's like to work on a volunteer project (2:10)
Working on historic properties (3:26)
Why having a service day is important (5:18)
Working with other teams (6:30)
Keeping safety at the forefront (7:25)
Why arborists volunteer (8:38)
Why Jason became an arborist (11:36)
How the cemeteries benefit (13:04)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more about Saluting Branches, visit its website, www.salutingbranches.org, or listen to our past Talking Trees episode Volunteer Tree Work at Veteran Cemeteries - Saluting Branches.
Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company
Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.
Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
Have feedback, questions or a topic you want covered? Click here to send Talking Trees a message OR email [email protected].
16 min
November 02, 2023How to Prepare Your Trees for Colder Weather!
Kris Baker from Davey's Orlando office uses his experiences as an arborist in Michigan and Florida to share how arborists can help your trees in cold weather.
In this episode we cover:
What arborists do for cold weather in Orlando (00:51)
What arborists do for cold weather in Detroit (2:01)
Why oaks and elms must be cut in cold weather (2:54)
Tree care in late fall (3:42)
Examining the whole tree (4:26)
How long can you fertilize (5:08)
End of season mulching (5:47)
Kristoffer's move from Detroit to Orlando (6:19),(9:11)
Responding to storms (7:08)
How often an arborist visits a property (8:34)
Working with trees from different regions (9:59)
Kristoffer's favorite trees (10:51)
Importance of having trees inspected (13:08)
Kristoffer's Davey journey (14:09)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more about caring for trees in cold weather, read our blog Tree Care Checklist: How to Keep Trees Healthy This Winter.

To learn more about the best trees to plant for your region's winter, read our blog Plant Hardiness and Its Significance to Your Trees This Winter.
Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company
Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.
Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
Have feedback, questions or a topic you want covered? Click here to send Talking Trees a message OR email [email protected].
19 min
October 26, 2023Progress at Davey's SEED Campus
Dan Herms, vice president of research and development at the Davey Institute, and Dan Joy, executive vice president and assistant to the president, talk about their experience leading development of the Davey Tree SEED (Science, Employee Education and Development) Campus.
In this episode we cover:
What is the SEED Campus (0:45)
Dan Joy's role with the SEED Campus (1:45)
Sustainability on the Campus (2:53)
Tree planting on the Campus (4:37)
Tree canopy walk (6:10)
Timeline of the Campus (7:23)
Research on the Campus (8:26)
The legacy of the SEED Campus (11:27)
How Dan Joy became SEED project manager (13:12)
The most challenging part of the project (14:19)
Future hopes for the Campus (15:20)
Dan Joy's future plans (16:52)
The most fulfilling part of the project (17;20)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.

To learn more about the SEED Campus, visit our SEED Campus webpage.

Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company

Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.

Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!

Have feedback, questions or a topic you want covered? Click here to send Talking Trees a message OR email [email protected].
21 min
October 19, 2023The Pawpaw Tree - History, How to Grow and Unique Facts!
Miles Stephens from Davey's South Pittsburgh office talks with Doug over their fascination with the pawpaw tree.
In this episode we cover:
How Doug and Miles learned about the pawpaw tree (0:43)
What is the pawpaw tree? (2:07)
How to grow the pawpaw fruit (2:50)
Pollinating a pawpaw tree (3:22)
Pawpaw tree folktales (4:12)
The pawpaw tree fruit and its flavor (5:50)
How long it takes to get a fruit harvest (6:57)
Pawpaw tree ice cream (8:05)
Lewis and Clark with the pawpaw tree (9:25)
Educating others about the pawpaw tree (10:32)
Harvesting pawpaw trees (11:40)
How Miles maintains his trees (12:59)
Planting pawpaw tree seeds (13:51)
Transporting pawpaw trees (14:59)
When to transport your trees (14:56)
Miles' favorite part of growing pawpaw trees (17:56)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more about caring and transporting fruit trees, read our blog Guide to Transplanting Fruit Trees.
Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company
Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.
Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
Have feedback, questions or a topic you want covered? Click here to send Talking Trees a message OR email [email protected].
21 min

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