17 August 2024

Death by mulch volcano


This 10-year-old maple blew over in a storm because the roots had rotted as the result of a mulch volcano.  There is an informed discussion thread at the Arborists subreddit, and an explanation of mulch volcanos at Leaf and Limb.

2 comments:

  1. Leaf and Limb has a great explanation of why not to do this.

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  2. I was taught not to do this in a tree-maintenance program 25 years ago. It is baffling that people (including some landscape maintenance services) still do this.

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