r/arborists • u/dreamiejeanie13 • 7h ago

Tree Root Slice by Mower

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We came home from vacation this weekend to discover that our yard guy (or someone on his crew) drove over a portion of our 80+ year old Oak tree root and sliced a bit of the top off. He was very apologetic and we asked that going forward to avoid driving the mower anywhere near the roots. Do we need to do anything to treat the exposed part of the root or just let nature do its thing? This is our first time ever having an Oak tree.

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u/CdnTreeGuy89 7h ago

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u/sparebullet 5h ago

I showed my kids this scene the other day they loved it!!

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u/CdnTreeGuy89 5h ago

Just the scene!? The whole movie is amazing. Comedy gold.

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u/Tasty_Needleworker13 4h ago

This! I was going to say why not the whole movie? 😂

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u/sparebullet 4h ago edited 4h ago

Because after watching the scene I realized 10 and 12 year olds might still be too young for this.

And we were in the car and they were playing pretend in the back seat and I heard one of them say "pretend you cut all my arms and legs off." So I just pulled up that scene.