grilling24x7
ArboristSite Member
Hi,
Ever since my first post here (a year ago i think?) I was informed about the horror of a tree with no exposed root flare. Ok - great tip. All of my trees that I have ever posted about on this forum are looking fantastic per all your advice. So I thank you.
I've even spent countless nights out with a hose trying to expose the rootflare on my Elm, Cherry, and Maple trees. All is well now - all the trees have nice flare showing.
HOWEVER - everywhere I go, from Lowes, to Home Depot, to Target parking lots, to EVERY neighbor I have - there is at least 1 FOOT of mulch piled up high around the trunk. This turns my stomach on a daily basis - at least! I can't believe how much volcano mulching I see. I find it so silly looking.
My question to you guys now is: is it really that bad? Here I see 99% of all trees completely volcano mulched up to 1 foot of mulch and here I am acting like a volcano mulch nazi to all of my family, friends and neighbors. In fact, I was talking to the homeowners association president about how badly our "common area" trees are volcano mulched. I will be bringing this topic up at our next meeting.
Again - am I being ridiculous? Are trees actually doing ok with this much mulch or are you really seeing a lot of tree death because of this IMO horrible mulching practice. Do the girdling roots really choke out the trees? If so there will be a lot of dead trees in the future.
Thoughts, comments?!
John
Ever since my first post here (a year ago i think?) I was informed about the horror of a tree with no exposed root flare. Ok - great tip. All of my trees that I have ever posted about on this forum are looking fantastic per all your advice. So I thank you.
I've even spent countless nights out with a hose trying to expose the rootflare on my Elm, Cherry, and Maple trees. All is well now - all the trees have nice flare showing.
HOWEVER - everywhere I go, from Lowes, to Home Depot, to Target parking lots, to EVERY neighbor I have - there is at least 1 FOOT of mulch piled up high around the trunk. This turns my stomach on a daily basis - at least! I can't believe how much volcano mulching I see. I find it so silly looking.
My question to you guys now is: is it really that bad? Here I see 99% of all trees completely volcano mulched up to 1 foot of mulch and here I am acting like a volcano mulch nazi to all of my family, friends and neighbors. In fact, I was talking to the homeowners association president about how badly our "common area" trees are volcano mulched. I will be bringing this topic up at our next meeting.
Again - am I being ridiculous? Are trees actually doing ok with this much mulch or are you really seeing a lot of tree death because of this IMO horrible mulching practice. Do the girdling roots really choke out the trees? If so there will be a lot of dead trees in the future.
Thoughts, comments?!
John
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