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
Help Your Trees Battle this Summer's Heat Wave
Josh Leo, manager of business development for Davey's Detroit market, discusses how the recent extreme heat can affect trees and what can be done to help them stay healthy during the rising summer temperatures.
In this episode we cover:
- How is the summer heat impacting Josh? (:37)
- How is the heat impacting trees? (:53)
- How do you know how much water to put on your trees? (1:48)
- Climate change and temperature patterns (3:24)
- Signs of tree damage due to hot temperatures (4:18)
- How mulching can help trees power through the heat (4:58)
- Volcano mulching and its impact on trees (6:33)
- Josh's preferred mulching method (8:03)
- Can drip irrigation help trees? (9:25)
- How can Gator bags help trees? (10:25)
- What can you do for your trees when there is a lack of rain? (11:35) (13:33)
- Why is it important to have an arborist examine your trees? (14:32)
- How Josh got to Davey (15:50)
- What Josh does in his current role (17:35)
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 tips, read our blogs, Tree Care Checklist: How To Keep Trees Healthy This Summer and How To Help Trees & Plants During An Unexpected Heat Wave.
To learn more about mulching best practices and tips, read our blog, The Proper Way to Mulch Your Trees.
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Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.
Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at podcasts@davey.com. We want to hear from you!