Recently moved into this house and I have this beautiful maple tree in the front yard. Full of leafs with no noticeable issues however the grass was growing up to the bark itself. The last couple days I’ve been trying to clear out a nice ring around it exposing the flare and letting the tree finally breathe. This is my first time doing something like this so I don’t know exactly how much flare I should give. I am using a bristled brush, a cultivator, chisel and shears. So it’s a very slow paced mission especially with this packed clay soil and these feeder roots. If anybody could give me some pointers and advice about how far to expose the flare and is it okay to cut most of the feeder roots around the trees main root system. Im no where near done but I just don’t know how far and deep to expose the flares. Thanks.
by 1andonlydomin8or
4 Comments
You can leave it as is IMO.
Looks good
It was already not in too bad of shape. The main issue is with the grass. Just backfill that ring you cleared with mulch/compost
I’m personally struggling to understand the purpose of exposing the root flare like this. Trees don’t do this naturally in the wild.