Performing a Root Excavation with Bruce our Good Nature Arborist
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
- This video will show Bruce, the Good Nature Arborist, using an Air Knife to perform a Root Excavation on a few different trees. He will describe the problems he finds and how to correct them.
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I can't thank you enough! As soon as I watched this video I had to go outside & start unburying my trees!
So glad to hear that!
@@alecmcclennan Thank you. My trees are looking much better now. (Thought I was gonna lose my water oak & one of my dogwood trees).
Great job. A really caring tree surgeon!
Very good information on tree roots. Here's one back at you - Be sure to check sound levels before and after posting to ensure good sound quality. Sound gets pretty low and I had to turn my system way up. Next video could blast me out if I forget to turn down! ;-)
Thanks so much Shellstone...we'll look at it and maybe get some voice over work on there. Thanks!
Very good
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Thank you for your information. Good video
Very helpful thanks! 🙏
Our pleasure, good luck with your trees!
have you looked at adding 5% biochar into soil before backfilling. Good case studies showing helpful.
Thanks Tony, we do use biochar in many of our mixes...
Had a large ash tree the bottom of which had been buried with soil from excavation of the house (before my time). The trunk was huge & it was extremely healthy.
Well I suppose that is good...the thing about trees is that they won't show the results of the damage that is done to them for some time. Burying a tree like that won't kill it right away but it sure will start its decline.
@@alecmcclennanWhat he didn’t say is that that tree he has probably had ton of circling roots.
I’ve never seen someone dig with air 🤯
It is a little different :) Keeps those tree roots safe
@@alecmcclennan I definitely see the importance of preserving the tree roots just looks kind of cool seeing that for the first time
Did you make the root excavation tool or buy one? I have been considering an AirSpade, but it seem like a lot of money for such a simple device.
You can use a relatively small air compressor. I just did a root flare excavation today with my garage compressor and a shop vac to suck up the soil. It worked pretty well-- way better than digging and scraping which tends to injure the roots and is very difficult to do. Certainly not as fast as an air spade, but I already had the compressor so it was free. I just used a regular air nozzle. Obviously, the bigger the compressor, the better it will work.
@@incognitotorpedo42 So, thankfully, I had a reply on my comment & I was scrolling through and saw this gem! TY!!
I'd like to do that to some trees, can you rent those air spades?
Hi Sir, we don't rent them...would recommend having a pro do the work for you but if you are comfortable you can try renting one here: www.airspade.com/pages/rent-an-airspade
Hi planted a Mangoo tree that is 2 years old. I dont think I planted deeply but am not sure. I cannot see the root flare. I did excavate to find the roots and then just covered them back up but just with a very thin layer of soil. Is that ok, should such a young tree have an obvious root flare?
So sorry for the very late reply here, but yes, you should see a root flare. The problem with young trees is that they often come from the grower with their root flare covered in soil. You need to remove soil from the root ball in this case before planting. In your case, I'd just try to lower the soil around the already planted tree.
This is happening to my tree but half the tree is dying. Can it be saved by doing this?
Hi Annette, it might be able to help...a good arborist could take a look for you. If you're in Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, or Chicago, we'd be happy to take a look!
@@alecmcclennan I called and scheduled an arborist to come out. Thank you!!
Less than $30, use a carbide circular saw blade and a gas trimmer can cut and grind these roots much faster, easier, and fun.
Not really comparable. You can't see girdling roots that way.
I did it with a brush but now it looks like a hole in the ground. Do you know how to fix this?
You mean that the tree was originally planted too deeply? There may be no real fix other than removing some soil from further outside of the tree to make it a more gradual "hole". You can have soil up to the root flare but not above. Hope this helps!
@@marycervantes6421 Yes, thank you for the quick reply.
He’s a tree hugger
you have a very useful information but unfortunately your microphone voice level is very low and it is not audible. this way all your efforts becomes useless. please pay attention to correct it next time.
"...this way all your efforts becomes useless."
Give me a break, dude. Just turn up the volume.
Turn up the volume like the rest of us did.
It’s that easy.