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Why does nobody talk about root flare and how many trees are planted too deep?
I was out on my route last Tuesday delivering mail and a homeowner was out digging up a dead maple they planted three years ago. He showed me the root ball and there was a solid six inches of soil piled up on top of the main roots. I told him that's probably why it died. Then I went home and checked my own oak tree I planted five years back and sure enough I had buried the root flare too. I always thought you just dig a hole and plop the tree in and that's it. Now I see half the trees in my neighborhood have that telltale straight trunk going into the ground like a telephone pole. Who else has had to dig up and fix a tree they planted wrong?
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