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.
Talking Trees with Davey Tree
How This Year's Dual Cicada Emergence is Impacting Your Trees
Alec Hall, sales arborist from Davey's St. Louis West office, discusses the impact of this year's historical dual cicada emergence and how you can protect your trees if they were damaged.
In this episode we cover:
- St. Louis' cicada problem (0:33)
- 2024 dual cicada emergence (0:56)
- The impact of the dual cicada emergence (1:47) (2:02)
- How do cicadas impact trees? (2:43)
- When do cicada eggs hatch? (3:58)
- How to treat trees with cicada damage (4:39)
- How smaller trees are impacted by cicada damage (7:00)
- Initial reaction to historical cicada emergence (7:57)
- Cicada predators (9:25)
- How to fertilize a tree damaged by cicadas (9:52) (11:16)
- How Alec got to Davey Tree (12:00)
- What Alec does in his role (13:06)
- How Alec feels being able to help others (14:04)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more about cicadas, read our blogs, Do Cicadas Damage Or Eat Trees? and How To Protect Your Trees From The Periodical Cicadas in 2024.
To learn about other tree pests, listen to our Talking Trees episode, Spotted Lanternfly and Other Pests to Watch for.
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Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.
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