Talking Trees with Davey Tree

Luke Werner from Davey's North Pittsburgh office shares how you can learn how to identify the different types of trees in your yard.

In this episode we cover:  

• Looking at the big picture (0:53)
• Conifer Trees (1:33)
• Deciduous trees (1:53)
• How Luke learned to ID trees (2:03)
• The shape of your tree (2:40)
• Leaves (3:55)
  • Evergreen leaves (4:05)
  • Deciduous leaves (4:48)
  • MADcap buck (5:28)
  • Simple leaves (6:32)
  • Compound leaves (6:44)
• Do most homeowners know their trees? (8:01)
• Dawn Redwoods (10:04)
• Trees Luke likes to plant (11:40)
• How Luke became an arborist (14:30)
• Bark (16:50)
• Other tree identifications (17:25)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.  

To learn more about which trees are in your yard check our tree identification blog series.

To learn more about how you can id your trees check out our blog, How To Tell What Type Of Tree I Have.

Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
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Facebook: @DaveyTree
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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].

Adam Baker, technical advisor with the Davey Institute discusses all things caterpillars, including their benefit and specific species like the hickory horn devil, bagworm and monarch. Adam also shares the silver lining of the spotted lanternfly invasion hitting the East Coast.

In this episode we cover:  

• Most common caterpillars during each season (1:08)
• Is the hickory horn devil harmful? (3:00)
• Which butterflies are harmful to pawpaw trees (4:00)
• Benefits of caterpillars (5:01)
• Can caterpillars damage your trees (5:57)
• Bagworms (8:18)
• Fall web worm (11:00)
• Understanding bugs in the cycle of nature (12:11)
• How Adam became an entomologist (14:10)(19:51)
• How the monarch butterfly is doing (16:10)
• The spotted lanternfly silver lining (17:53)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.  

To learn more about bagworms read our blog, Bagworms: Are They Harmful and How specific Can I Get Rid of Them?

To learn more about Adam's research with the monarch butterflies check out his article with  Maplegrove Magazine.

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].

 Eric Countryman from Davey's East Pittsburgh office talks about fire blight and other bacterial diseases that can impact your trees.

In this episode we cover:  

• What is fire blight (1:06)
• What fire blight looks like (1:39)
• When fire blight is most prevalent (2:13)
• Treating fire blight (2:55)
• How to prevent fire blight (4:35)
• How arborists handle fire blight (6:52)
• Off the beaten path trees to plant (8:22)
• Black knot disease (10:57)
• Apple scab disease (13:02)
• Using fertilizer to help tree health (15:51)
• Eric's experience with tree diseases this season (17:21)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.  

To learn more about fire blight, read our blog Why ‘Bradford’ Callery Pear Tree Leaves Are Brown, Black or Falling Off.

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].

Lou Meyer, business developer for Davey's mid-Atlantic region,  talks about how Davey arborist deal with wood wastes and different ways to give wood a secondary life.

In this episode we cover:  

• Where does wood waste go? (3:37)
• Composting wood (5:19)
• Unique ways to use wood waste (6:07)
• Can homeowners keep their wood waste? (6:34)
• Biochar (7:42)
• Ways to use wood chips (12:55)
• Potential concerns of wood chips(14:00)
• Secondary life for larger wood waste (16:18)
• Unique wood types (19:04)
• Leaving wood on site vs recycling wood waste (20:38)
•  Wildlife snags (22:25)

To learn more about biochar, read this blog.

To learn how you can live a more sustainable life beyond giving wood waste a secondary life, read this blog.

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.  

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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].

Chelsi Abbott, a technical advisor and education specialist at the Davey Institute, talks about the mycorrhizal network including how it works and how it connects to plants. 

In this episode we cover:  

• What is mycorrhizae fungi (1:14)
• The beneficial relationship between the fungi and trees (1:59)
• Seeing mycelium in real life (4:07)
• How mycorrhizae fungi finds plants (4:45)
• How big mycorrhizal networks can be (6:52)
• How to help mycorrhizae help your plants (8:16)
• Things you might be doing that harm mycorrhizae (9:13)
• Is mycorrhizae okay for vegetable plants? (10:00)
• How Chelsi educates through her job (11:59)
• What Chelsi enjoys abut educating (13:03)
• Chelsi's Davey Tree journey (13:40)
• Benefits of mycorrhizae fungi for the plants (15:56)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.  

To learn more about the work Chelsi and the Davey Institute do, click here.

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].

Thomas Whitney, technical advisor from the Davey Institute, shares some of his knowledge on different types of pests and beneficial insects. 

In this episode we cover:  

• What defines a pest (0:47)
• Pest classifications (1:45)
• The worst pest for trees (2:30)
• Which pests homeowners notice the most (4:16)
• Types of leaf chewers (4:52)
• Types of woodborers (5:56)
• Emerald ash borer (6:30)
  • Thomas' first encounter with EAB (6:37)
  • How to deal with EAB (8:47)
  • Is the EAB here to stay?  (10:41)
• The importance of tree diversity (11:30)
• Beneficial insects (12:30)
  • Predators (12:57)
  • Parasitoids (13:06)
• The balance of good bugs and bad bugs (13:57)
• Thomas' entomology journey (15:12)
• Thomas' research on linden trees(19:41)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.  

To learn more about the emerald ash borer, read our blog, The 101 on Emerald Ash Borer.
To learn more about woodborers, read our blog, Signs of Tree Boring Insects

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].

Dan Cohen, from Hartney Greymont, a Davey company, in Needham, shares some expert watering tips to keep your trees hydrated all summer.

In this episode we cover:  

• What's the first thing you think of when watering trees? (00:51)
• Watering newly planted trees (1:28) (5:32)
• How rainfall has been this season (2:51)
• How arborists handle dry conditions (4:00)
• Using tree gator bags (7:15)
• Watering ornamental trees (8:50)
• Properties using drip irrigation (11:07)
• The best time of day to water (12:12)
• The right way to mulch (13:50)
  • Rubber Mulch (18:50)
  • Gravel (20:00)
• What Dan enjoys about being a Davey Tree arborists (21:30)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.

To learn more about keeping your tree healthy during the summer, watch this ABC10 segment.

To learn more about watering your trees head to our blog to read all about watering.

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].

Matt Fredmonsky, manager of corporate content at Davey, talks about Growth Rings, a new book about Davey's history and growth from 1962 to 2020. Matt, also author of Growth Rings, talks about what it was like to write the book and why it's important to Davey. 

In this episode we cover:  

• What is Growth Rings (0:45)
• The writing process (2:24)
• Why Growth Rings was written (3:15)
• How Davey became employee owned (4:25)
• How the Davey family reacted to employee ownership (10:00)
• What it means to be an employee owner (11:02)
• What it was like researching (12:02)
• How it felt to finish writing Growth Rings (13:42)
• Other milestones covered in Growth Rings (15:00)
• What you'll get out if reading Growth Ring (16:30)
• Where to get the book (17:06)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.

To get your copy of Growth Rings, go to ShopDaveyTree.com.
To learn more about careers at Davey, go to Jobs.Davey.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].

Miles Stephens from Davey's South Pittsburgh office shares advice on how to maintain a healthy landscape as a dog owner.

In this episode we cover:  

• Having a designated area for your dog (1:13)
• Maintaining your turf lawn with a dog (2:27)
• Plants harmful to dogs (3:22)
• Pet-friendly grass (6:21)
• Hardscaping your garden (7:03)
• Ways to provide shade for your dogs (8:43)
• Being a responsible dog owner (10:24)
• Seasonal tree trends (12:52)
• Protecting your household from ticks (15:12)

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 maintain your grass, read our blog, My Lawn Is Turning Brown in Summer… What Do I Do?

To learn more about having a pet-friendly landscape, read this MarthaStewart.com interview.

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].

Emily Mumford from Davey's South St Paul office shares tips on how to best care for trees in the summer.

In this episode we cover:  

• What's the first thing an arborist looks for during a summer property check? (0:36)
• Tree pruning assessment  (0:54)
• How often should you have an arborist visit your property? (1:30)
• Summer mulching (2:03)
  • Specific types of mulch (3:09)
• St Paul's winter last year (6:43)
• St Paul's spring (7:47)
• Why Emily enjoys being an arborist (8:55) (16:05)
• Watering in the summer (13:21)
• Protecting your trees from deer (15:25)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code. 

To learn more about summer tree care, read our blog, Most Common Questions about Summer Tree Care

To learn more about summer watering, watch our interview with WKYC Channel 3

To learn more about caring for trees during a drought, watch  Common Symptoms For Drought Stressed Trees & Recovery

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].