EP 010 / 52:08
Roots Deeper Than the Drought
Hosted by Kyle Peczkowski · Board Certified Master Arborist & Urban Forester
Episode Description
A tree can be dying for three years before it looks like it. We get into hydraulic failure, cavitation, and the quiet signals an arborist reads long before the canopy thins.
We also cover what homeowners get wrong about watering mature trees, why turf irrigation is not tree irrigation, and how to check a tree yourself with nothing but your hands and some attention.
Kyle Peczkowski
Board Certified Master Arborist · Urban Forester
Twenty two years in natural resource management, currently Urban Forestry Advisor for the County of Santa Clara. Canopy planning, wildfire and drought resilience, and decisions that play out over decades.
Author of the Faith Forest Initiative and its framework booklet on faith based community tree planting, reciprocity, and canopy equity at the county level.
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