Is My Lawnmower Damaging My Trees?
Have you noticed significant leaf drop or yellowing of the leaves on your tree lately? If your tree doesn’t have any open wounds and isn’t showing any signs of pest, disease, or decay, the problem could be your lawnmower.
Most homeowners do not understand the impact of using heavy machinery near the root base or the trunks of their trees. And often overlooked problem can cause serious damage to your tree including decay, and eventual death.
Usually it’s large wounds from pruning cuts that caused such damage however, small cuts from a weedeater or a lawnmower continuously running over the roots of your tree can add up quickly to a large problem.
The small wounds surrounding the roots of your trees, open up the tree for micro organisms to enter and attack the tree in Athens.
Decay fungi may also become active and start to eat away at the tree little by little leading to root rot, pests and other diseases.
What should I do?
If you notice large chunks of bark torn or chipped away near a spot that you recently cut, either try to reattach the bark or if it is too damaged, pull it away from the tree in Athens completely to allow it to heal properly. All of the tools used on your tree should be heavily sterilize each time to prevent the spread of different diseases from tree to tree.
If there is any grass or weeds around the base of your tree avoid killing them with harmful pesticides such as round up, as this could affect the tree as well. However grass and weeds also compete for nutrients with the tree on a regular basis so these will need to be removed to give the tree more potential for survival.
A certified arborist from North American tree service could come out for a free estimate to assess the damage of your trees and come up with a routine plan to get your tree healthy again.
The most important thing to remember is to be educated and aware of your trees in Athens when you are doing routine lawn maintenance in Athens Georgia.
if you have more questions about your trees in Athens Georgia, our staff of certified arborists are prepared to give you a written diagnosis of your trees health and a plan for future tree maintenance and tree trimming in Athens.
