Author name: Bartlett Tree Experts

Article 7 of 12 from Trees: Dispelling Myths & Misinformation, prepared by the arborists of the Southwest Division of Bartlett Tree Experts as a community education initiative. In a way, a young tree is like a crystal ball to an arborist. He or she can look at it and tell its fortune: Those two equal-sized… Read More Trees: Dispelling Myths & Misinformation (7 of 12)

Article 6 of 12 from Trees: Dispelling Myths & Misinformation, prepared by the arborists of the Southwest Division of Bartlett Tree Experts as a community education initiative. The first rule of staking is not to if it’s not necessary. Trees need movement to develop girth, taper, and healthy roots. A tree staked improperly or too… Read More Trees: Dispelling Myths & Misinformation (6 of 12)

Article 5 of 12 from Trees: Dispelling Myths & Misinformation, prepared by the arborists of the Southwest Division of Bartlett Tree Experts as a community education initiative. You see them everywhere – those volcano-shaped piles of mulch built up around the bases of young trees. It must be correct practice because often these mulch volcanoes… Read More Trees: Dispelling Myths & Misinformation (5 of 12)

Article 4 of 12 from Trees: Dispelling Myths & Misinformation, prepared by the arborists of the Southwest Division of Bartlett Tree Experts as a community education initiative. One morning, a friend found his 15-foot-tall cedar elm uprooted and flat on the ground. What a waste! It had been planted about five years earlier and was… Read More Trees: Dispelling Myths & Misinformation (4 of 12)

Article 3 of 12 from Trees: Dispelling Myths & Misinformation, prepared by the arborists of the Southwest Division of Bartlett Tree Experts as a community education initiative. You’ve seen them: trees whose bases look like telephone poles in the ground because no trunk flare is visible. That’s good, right? Because then the trunk flare and… Read More Trees: Dispelling Myths & Misinformation (3 of 12)