In this Our Quad Cities News article, Robert Spartz from Davey's Quad Cities office shares how you can protect your trees from drought stress and pests.

Posted: October 17, 2024

Fall is usually when people pay attention to trees to see the changing leaf colors. But homeowners should be paying closer attention to their oak trees. Robert Spartz, district manager for the Davey Tree Expert Company in Eldridge, spoke with Our Quad Cities News via Zoom to discuss how people can protect the trees in their yards from damage. 

“The last couple years have been really rough for our oak trees in general, seeing a lot of general decline of the oak trees,” he said. “Over the last two months, we’ve received about three quarters of an inch of rain. That’s including the month of September, which we got .6 inches of rain, and this month we’ve gotten roughly about a quarter inch of rain. The drought factor is real. We’re in an extreme drought right now. Everything is very dry. If you’re not watering your trees, you’re not helping them out, to help them survive and persevere and keep the vigor up.”

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For more information, contact the Quad Cities Davey office. 

The Davey Tree Expert Company, headquartered in Kent, Ohio, provides research-driven tree services, grounds maintenance and environmental and utility infrastructure consulting for residential, utility, commercial and environmental partners in the U.S. and Canada. As one of the top ten largest employee-owned companies in the U.S., Davey's 12,000 employees have been dedicated to creating and delivering sustainable solutions since 1880. Apply today to join the Davey legacy, and learn about how we're growing with our new SEED Campus

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