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A homeowner in Charlotte told me my mulch volcano was killing his maple.
He had a photo from a year ago showing the tree's base, and the bark rot was clear. I switched to a flat, wide ring with just two inches of mulch, leaving the root flare open. How do you explain the 'why' behind proper mulching to clients without sounding like you're just upselling?
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ruby_henderson361mo ago
It's like suffocating the tree's neck.
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michael6691mo ago
Yeah, it's more like choking it than drowning.
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the_mary1mo ago
Suffocating the tree's neck" is the perfect way to put it. I saw the same thing on a job last fall, bark was totally soft and wet under a huge mulch pile. It's not about selling extra mulch, it's that the tree literally starts rotting from being buried alive. Explaining it like a slow death by drowning usually gets the point across way better than just talking about proper technique.
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