How to Prevent Spring Pests Early

Talking Trees with Davey Tree · Mar 16, 2023 · 24m

Natascha Batchelor of Hartney Greymont, a Davey company, talks about spring pest prevention, volcano mulch and unique trees.

In this episode we cover:

The first thing Natascha thinks about when looking at trees in spring (0:52)

How Natascha decides when to use horticultural oil (1:32)

Dealing with scale (2:49)

Fertilization for pest prevention (3:51)

What the soil is like in Cape Cod (4:46)

What to do about planting in poor soil (5:24)

What is Biochar? (6:36)

How an air spade works (8:10)

What needs to be done for sandy soil (10:48)

Liquid fertilizer (12:05)

When looking at a tree, how does…