Tag: Root Flares
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Incorrect Planting Practices Could Be Making Your Trees Sick
Trees that have been planted too deeply are, unfortunately, a very common problem in the urban landscape. How can you tell if your tree is planted too deeply? Where’s the Root Flare? Trees aren’t supposed to look like telephone poles sticking out of the ground. They are supposed to have a taper or “flare” at…
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Are Your Trees Planted Too Deep?
Trees that have been planted too deep are, unfortunately, a very common problem in the urban landscape. How can you tell if your tree is planted too deep? First, a quick lesson in tree biology Trees aren’t supposed to look like telephone poles sticking out of the ground. They are supposed to have a taper…
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Root Flare Exposure – Do It Yourself
The most important physiological factor in the health of a tree is the status of the Root Flare area at that base of the tree. It is very important that the root flare be free of soil, mulch, and circling roots. Tree Shepherds does this for our customers as a service and, unless you are…
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Root Flare Coverups – A Great Video Tutorial
One of my mentors is Tyson Woods, an arborist in Dallas who has been caring for the trees of Highland Park for a long time. He created this video a few of years ago which does a great job of explaining the problem of trees being planted to deeply along with the girdling roots that…