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Talking to a city forester in Cleveland made me double-check my hazard tree assessments
He said a lot of crews miss the early signs of root plate failure by only looking at the trunk. Now I'm spending an extra minute scanning the soil line for those subtle cracks and heaves. Anyone else adjust their inspection routine after a simple tip?
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cora8633d ago
Read a similar thing about checking for soil mounding near the base.
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finley_price243d ago
Yeah, soil mounding is a solid tip. Reminds me of a client last fall who kept complaining about a dying maple. Turns out the landscaper before me buried the root flare by like six inches when they re-did the mulch beds. Tree was basically suffocating. Had to carefully pull all that soil and mulch back. It's crazy how often that happens, people just pile it on without thinking.
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