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Your Tree May Be in Trouble If . . .
Cording and Stakes Haven't Been Removed
It’s critically important to cut all cording,
at right, and burlap holding a rootball together and push it to the bottom of the hole
when planting a tree. Also, while they’re generally not needed but remain a standard practice, tree stakes and ties should
be removed within a year after a tree is planted, below left.
Unfortunately, with surprising frequency, cording is never cut and stakes
and associated guy wires are never
removed.
As result, within just a few years, trunks and branches may be
strangled and affected trees often begin to
decline - just as they
should have been getting large enough to cast
a little shade!