Mower blight and string trimmer blight are two all-too-common tree ailments that you may not have heard of. They are not caused by some exotic insect transported from overseas in shipping crates. These ailments are usually caused by the unsuspecting, who in their effort to trim that very last blade of grass up against the tree trunk end up damaging the precious tissue that separates a live tree from a dead one.

Mowing, trimming can damage trees

Mower blight and string trimmer blight are two all-too-common tree ailments that you may not have heard of. They are not caused by some exotic insect transported from overseas in shipping crates. These ailments are usually caused by the unsuspecting who in their effort to trim that very last blade of grass up against the tree trunk end up damaging the precious tissue that separates a live tree from a dead one.


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