About this episode
Chelsi Abbott, a technical advisor and education specialist at the Davey Institute, talks about the mycorrhizal network including how it works and how it connects to plants. In this episode we cover: What is mycorrhizae fungi (1:14) The beneficial relationship between the fungi and trees (1:59) Seeing mycelium in real life (4:07) How mycorrhizae fungi finds plants (4:45) How big mycorrhizal networks can be (6:52) How to help mycorrhizae help your plants (8:16) Things you might be doing that harm mycorrhizae (9:13) Is mycorrhizae okay for vegetable plants? (10:00) How Chelsi educates through her job (11:59) What Chelsi enjoys abut educating (13:03) Chelsi's Davey Tree journey (13:40) Benefits of mycorrhizae fungi for the plants (15:56) To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code. To learn more about the work Chelsi and the Davey Institute do, click here . 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 podcasts@davey.com . We want to hear from you! Click here to send Talking Trees Fan Mail!