A tree's age can be easily determined by counting its growth rings, as any Boy or Girl Scout knows. Annually, the tree adds new layers of wood which thicken during the growing season and thin during the winter. These annual growth rings are easily discernible (and countable) in cross-sections of the tree's trunk. In good growing years, when sunlight and rainfall are plentiful, the growth rings ...
Southern Living: What Is Volcano Mulching? The Common Mistake That Can Damage Your Trees
What Is Volcano Mulching? The Common Mistake That Can Damage Your Trees
Trees planted in lawns can benefit from a mulched ring to reduce competition with grass roots and keep mowers and weed whips from damaging trunks. If the tree is small, mulch out to the drip line of ...
Better Homes & Gardens on MSN: The mulching mistake arborists want you to stop making around trees
Creating a mulch volcano around a tree will do more harm than good over time.
Columbus Dispatch: Stop building 'mulch volcanoes.' How to mulch properly to stop killing your trees and plants.
Each year, those with a green thumb spread out mulch to protect their gardens, plants and trees. Mulch has lots of benefits for plants including keeping them warm, protecting moisture and preventing ...
Stop building 'mulch volcanoes.' How to mulch properly to stop killing your trees and plants.
Southern Living on MSN: What is volcano mulching? The common mistake that can damage your trees
The Florida Times-Union: Stop building 'mulch volcanoes.' How to mulch properly to stop killing your trees and plants.
Yahoo: Mulch Volcanoes: How One Landscaping Mistake Can Damage Your Trees and Curb Appeal