Why it’s Important to Keep Soil Healthy for Plants

from Talking Trees with Davey Tree · host The Davey Tree Expert Company

Chris Fields-Johnson, technical advisor at the Davey Institute, talks about the importance of healthy soil and his Davey career. In this episode we cover: What is healthy soil? (0:50) What the soil is like where Chris is (1:26) The importance of PH when planting trees (2:30) Acidic soil plants (4:40) Can you and should you change your PH? (5:33) The importance of a soil test (7:15) Luxury consumption and over fertilization (9:00) How to have more organic matter in your landscape (11:10) What Chris does as a technical advisor at the Davey Insitute (15:25) How Chris got started in the field (18:18) Should you use compost for planting trees? (21:16) To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code. To learn more about healthy soil, read our blog, How to Keep Soil Healthy For Your Plants. To learn more about improving soil health, read our blog, How to Improve Soil Health with Biochar. To learn more about soil tests, read our blog, How to Perform a Soil Test (And Why You Need One!). Connect with Davey Tree on social media: Twitter: @DaveyTree Facebook: @DaveyTree Instagram: @daveytree YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com. Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you! Have feedback, questions or a topic you want covered? Click here to send Talking Trees a message OR email [email protected].

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