Ways You are Loving Your Trees to Death – Tree Supports
It’s hard to imagine that as society becomes more aware and proactive about saving our environment, we could be damaging the trees that we are working so hard to save. With the influx of information that we have it can be difficult to determine where we can help. One of the easiest ways to get involved is to properly maintain what you already have. In this series, we are going to cover several areas where people think that they are improving/helping their trees but may be doing more harm than good. These areas are mulching, watering, tree supports, and pruning. We will have an in depth look at these common practices and discover whether they are beneficial and what we should be doing. Tree Supports – Watching You Fail When determining whether to stake a newly plated tree or not there are many different points of view and many arguments for and against both. Nearly 2000 years ago the philosopher Seneca said “No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. Fo...