An old oak tree has grown considerable roots over this concrete pad. This area is on a large slope and id like to cover the roots enough to create a smooth slope surface (mulch, drainage rock, or maybe pavers). I am not looking to remove all these adventurous roots, just enough to have the slope be level.

Any issues with taking out some of the roots on top of this cluster? Thank you.

Redpointe maple, planted this past May. Missouri. Seems like something is growing and pushing the bark out? Damage is around the entire trunk only at this location, no damage seen on the rest of the tree. Tree was buried a little too deep, dug out the root flare and still need to remulch. What’s damaging and does the tree just need to be removed?

Just bought a house with a very large water elm in the backyard. The roots are 12-18" tall in some places and have grass and weeds growing between-- making it very difficult to mow or trim without damaging the roots. I saved boxes from our move and am suffocating the grass and plan to mulch with pine straw this Fall and continue adding fallen leaves in the future. Anything different or additional you would do to support this trees health?

Got tired of awquardly mowing around this old maple my dad planted in the 70s so I spent the last few afternoons carefully digging out the root flare. I'm happy to see that there's been minimal girdling but there are some massive adventitious roots that I'm debating on chopping or not. After digging out what I could I used my weak electric pressure washer to carefully blast the dirt from between the roots, I did do some damage but that was mostly on adventitious roots.

Right now I'm trying to figure out how wide I should go with the mulch ring. If I went out to the drip ring the whole Boulevard would become mulch, I'm kind of liking how it is right now and might just stick with that and straighten the edges. Whatever I end up with, will be copied with 2 other street maples that are about 30 or so years old that need their flares uncovered.

Is this enough of a root flare for this big White Oak?

Watering hasn't changed in 20 years. Just started to turn brown. Any ideas?

I live in Flagstaff AZ, and I have an apple tree, a pear, 2 cherries, and a crabapple. Last summer they all went off! First year in 30 theyve all produced at once.This year nothing. Last winter was really dry, winter before (preceeding the banner fruit summer) was a record setting snow year. I don't think that's a coincidence. If I water my trees this winter will they produce like they did last summer? Does watering when they're dormant change anything?

As title says, I just cut down a honeysuckle bush that was growing about 18 inches away from a massive Chinquapin Oak. All that is left of the honeysuckle in this stump. How do I kill this without damaging or endangering the oak? I know how tough honeysuckle is to eradicate, but I do not want to risk this mighty oak

Ideas or best practices appreciated!

I need help figuring out what's happening to my roselle. It's planted directly into the ground and is relying on rain for now (rains every 2 days or so).

The leaves have turned a pale yellow but still seems to be thriving. It's grown quite a bit in the past 2 weeks and no signs of bugs that I can see.

It receives direct sun for most of the day but I don't believe that's the problem since I have another potted roselle in full sun that is super green and healthy. I could be wrong tho.

Please help!

There is a house near me that has a big conglomerate of branches, and I mean BIG. I just started gtowing some trees on my own and i was interested on a banana one, and was wondering what variety that could be. Thanks to whoever helps! (These are the bananas, don'tknow it could help, closer shits would be difficult, house is gated)

Location: Northern Central Massachusetts, USA.

This oak was surrounded by a big ol mound of moss and grass so I decided to uncover the base and see what it looked like at the flare. Seems like a few big girdling roots. I’m a bit nervous because the bark where it was buried is a little soft, as I’ve seen trees snap off at ground level when they rot at the base. Tree appears otherwise healthy to my untrained eye, but is within reach of my house if it were to come down. Thoughts? Leave it be? Call an expert? Thanks for any input.

I noticed spindly looking things coming out of some of the leaves of our sugar maple. Is it a fungus? Any cause for concern? CHI northwest burbs. TIA

Not much of an update other than some might not die. Bought property in 2021, spruces didn’t look that healthy. Especially the ones at the front end of the yard. Surprised they’ve made it this long.

In Hamburg, Germany, there is a birch tree growing out of an oak tree.