How to Care for Young Trees in the Summer

Talking Trees with Davey Tree · Jun 5, 2025 · 16m

Byron Hays from Davey's Kansas City office shares advice on caring for young trees during the summer, as well as some of his favorite underused and fast-growing trees.

In this episode we cover:

Watering (0:38)

Planting schedule in Kansas City (2:30)

Mulching (3:56)

Some of Byron's favorite trees (5:29)

Soil quality (6:26)

Pest and diseases (7:42)

When to take stakes off a tree (8:23)

Fast growing trees (8:54)

Can storms affect young trees? (9:50)

How Byron got into arboriculture (10:35)

What it's like being a tree climber (11:07)

What it's like to help clients with their trees (12:04)

Pruning…