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The difference in a row of oaks after we stopped using those thick black mulch rings
There's a street in my town, Maple Drive, that had about twenty young red oaks planted by the city maybe eight years ago. Every single one had that classic volcano mulch pile, piled right up against the trunks. For years they just looked okay, kind of stunted. The city finally let our crew redo them last fall. We pulled all that old mulch back, cleared a proper root flare on each tree, and put down a thin, wide layer of wood chips instead, keeping it away from the trunks. I drove by yesterday and the change is wild. The trees that looked the same size for years have put on a solid foot of new growth this spring alone, and the bark looks healthier, not damp and soft. It's crazy how one bad practice can hold back a whole street of trees for nearly a decade. Has anyone else seen a turnaround this fast just from fixing the mulch?
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val3234d ago
My apartment complex did the same mulch volcano thing with a dozen crepe myrtles. After they corrected it, the whole parking lot looked greener in like six months. It's the same with people, you know? Just a little room to breathe can make all the difference.
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mary61419d ago
We had a client insist on those mulch volcanoes for six new maples in their front yard, said it looked tidy. I finally talked them into letting me fix it last year, and now the trees look like they got a shot of espresso. I felt a little bad charging them to basically undo bad advice they paid for somewhere else. It's amazing what some air around the trunk can do.
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