Matthew Scott, sales arborist at Davey's Raleigh office, discusses drought stress and the steps you can take to help your plants during drought season. 

In this episode we cover:  

• Drought stress in North Carolina (:38)
• How to identify drought stress on trees (1:06)
• Solutions for drought stress (2:53)
• Can you use these solutions on existing trees? (3:36)
• Watering larger trees (4:36)
• How mulch helps trees during drought stress (6:15)
• Drought history in North Carolina (7:17)
• The long-term impact of droughts (8:35)
• How droughts affect dogwoods (9:37)
• What is the spiral of decline? (10:40)
• How weather impacts planting (13:03)
• What to plant during a drought (14:40)
• Tree risk assessment and drought stress (16:18)
• How Matthew got his start in the tree industry (17:57) 

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

To learn more about how you can help your plants during a drought, read our blogs, How to Keep Your Landscape Resilient During Seasonal Summer Drought and How To Pick The Right Trees For Drought-Prone Landscapes.

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Nate Conn, district manager at Davey's North Central Wood Products office in Lombard, Ill., discusses all things mulch and biochar, including how Davey is producing both. 

In this episode we cover:  

• What is North Central Wood Products? (:44)
• Forms mulch comes in (1:25)
• How is mulch processed? (2:12) (3:04)
• Can you use any biomass to make mulch? (4:14)
• How do tress and other biomass end up looking like much? (4:49)
• Different types of mulch and their functions (6:16) (8:15) (9:46)
• Premium mulch and plant health benefits (10:55)
• Volcano mulch and its risks (12:16)
• Do landscapers take note of the risks of volcano mulch? (13:38) (14:29)
• Are colored mulches okay for trees? (16:32)
• Most popular mulch colors (18:46)
• How Nate got into his role (19:26)
• Benefits of using biochar (20:05)
• How Nate is creating biochar (23:23)
• What is a Pyrolysis rotational drum (PRD)? (24:27)
• What does biochar look like? (27:49)

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

To see Davey's North Central Wood Products office in action, watch our YouTube video, Davey Commercial Premium Mulch Production & Delivery Services.

To learn more about mulch and biochar, read our blogs, What Type of Mulch to Choose: Mulch Selection Guide and Davey SoilCare®: How to Improve Soil Health with Biochar.

To learn more about mulching around trees, watch our YouTube video, Tips on How to Mulch Around Trees & Common Mistakes.

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Facebook: @DaveyTree
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LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company 

Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com. 

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Taylor Judd, sales arborist with Davey's East Denver office, talks about the importance of tree care and preservation before beginning backyard construction projects.

In this episode we cover:

• Late spring Colorado snow (:40)
• How construction projects affect trees (1:55)
• Handling neighbor disputes with trees and construction projects (3:49)
• Dealing with astroturf on trees' roots (6:19) (8:33)
• Brick wall construction and tree roots (10:59)
• Using Phosphonate for tree care (13:38)
• How do Colorado residents take care of their trees (14:58) (16:04)

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

To learn more about how you can take care of your trees, check out our blog, Tree Care Checklist: How To Keep Trees Healthy This Summer.

To learn more about knowing who owns trees along property lines, watch our YouTube video, Who Owns This Tree.

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Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com. 

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Mike Holleran from Davey's Wilmington, Delaware, office talks about spotted lanternfly (SLF) and other pests affecting his office and how they can best be treated. 

In this episode we cover:  

• Spotted lanternfly (SLF) (0:40)
• When SLF reached Delaware (1:36)
• SLF damage (2:22) 
• Tree of Heaven (3:27)
• SLF treatment (4:57) (6:47)
• How long SLF was a major pest in Delaware (6:00)
• SLF peak (8:28)
• Emerald ash borer (EAB) (9:39)
• Crape myrtle bark scale (10:15)
• Tree and shrub maintenance (11:50)
• Least toxic tree care approach and insect growth regulators (12:26)
• Beech leaf disease (BLD) and how it's treated (15:04)
• Michael's stories from the forest (18:11)

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

To learn more about SLF, EAB, BLD, crape myrtle bark scale and other pests and diseases, visit our Insect & Disease Issues blog page. 

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

Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com. 

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Rob Dallmann from Davey's Annapolis office talks about the reasons why a tree could fall and how arborists have to be "history detectives."

In this episode we cover:  

• A fallen tree in Rob's neighborhood (0:44)
• Looking at the history of the scenery (1:11)
• Events that can contribute to a tree falling (4:33)
• The importance of an arborist looking at your trees for expert opinions (7:43)
• How homeowners contribute to a tree falling (11:42)
• Treating your trees like your pets (14:15)
• How environmental factors play a role (14:56)
• Oak decline (16:26)
• The importance of tree diversity (19:55)

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

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. 

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Chelsi Abbott, a technical advisor and education specialist at the Davey Institute (and Certified Forest Therapy Guide), talks about ecotherapy, also known as forest bathing, including how to do it and its benefits. 

In this episode we cover:  

• What is ecotherapy? (0:53)
• What a Certified Forest Therapy Guide does (1:45)
• How long does forest bathing take? (4:19)
• What the forest gives (5:46)
• Garden Meditation Day (6:38)
• Why Chelsi is a guide (8:22)
• How Chelsi became a guide (10:00)
• Finding yourself in nature (11:09)
• Forest bathing tips (12:52)
• Fungi and forest bathing (13:55)
• The goal of forest bathing (16:13)
• What Chelsi gets out of forest bathing (17:17)

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 trees and nature, check out our blog, The Endless Ways Planting a Tree Can Benefit You.

To learn more about the best times to prune, read our blog, When is the Best Time to Prune Trees?  

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

Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com. 

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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 ceremonial first pitch (5:28)
• Why the Guardians? (5:45)
• Davey's other sports partnerships (6:50)
• Davey's excitement for home runs and plantings (7:40)
• When plantings occur (8:23)
• The importance of tree canopies (9:07)
• The legacy of trees (10:05)
• Sandee's Davey Tree journey (11:56)

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

To learn more about the Swing for the Trees partnership, read our press releases about the program.

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. 

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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 arborist (20:39)

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

To learn more about protecting your tree against emerald ash borer, read our blog, Protect Your Ash Trees: Spot the Early Signs of EAB.

To learn more about root girdling, read our blog, It Looks Like the Roots are Strangling My Tree.

To learn more about mistletoe in trees, read our blog, Mistletoe in 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. 

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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 forest (5:32)
• Understory trees (7:25)
• Spring planting in Boston (8:51)
• Evergreens for forested areas (10:44)
• Red buds (12:43)
• Winter in Boston (14:19)
• Sugar maples (15:38)
• A tree Josh wishes was planted more (16:35)

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

To learn more about Oak trees read our blogs Tree Identification: Do I Have An Oak Tree? or Avoid Pruning Oak Trees in Summer – Oak Wilt Causes

To learn more about evergreens, check our blog page.

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. 

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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 a drone? (3:35)
• What was used before drones? (4:38)
• Who can operate a drone? (5:55)
• Where can drones be used? (6:41)
• Who uses the data? (7:52)
• When did Deb first learn about drones? (9:36)
• How often is Davey using drones? (11:28)
• How Deb got started in her career (12:15)
• One of Deb's favorite features drones offer (13:48)

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

To learn more about drones at Davey, check out our Drone Technology 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!    

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