Drought Stress and Spiraling Decline of Trees

Talking Trees with Davey Tree · Jun 6, 2024 · 20m

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)

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