[CANUFNET] Volcano Mulch

[Philip van Wassenaer]

This appeared on another list when a colleague of mine recently visited
Ontario. So my question is to all the Ontario municipal folks on this list:
"why are we still letting this happen?". The meager money we get here is
largely for tree planting and we let other departments or our tree people
destroy the investment in future trees. This has bothered me for years but
no one seems to be able to change this. Why is this?

 

 

"All, 

 

Just came back from a trip to Ontario, Canada, and was truly awe struck at
the ubiquity of volcano mulching along virtually every street I drove,
hundreds of miles of nothing but street trees with root crowns covered. This
represents millions of dollars of wasted municipal tree money, as the trees
were for the most part in decline due (I assume from visual observation) to
anaerobic root crown conditions. 

 

Nobody I have spoken with seems to know any reason for its
existence/appearance in the landscape. 

 

Comments? "

 

 

 

 

Philip van Wassenaer, B.SC., MFC

Urban Forest Innovations Inc. 

1253 Crossfield Bend.

Mississauga, Ontario

Canada, L5G 3P5

Tel: (905) 274-1022

Cell: (647) 221 3046

Fax: (905) 274 2170

 <mailto:Pwassenaer1022 at rogers.com> Pwassenaer1022 at rogers.com

 

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