Overheard a landscaper in Boise tell his crew 'just cut the roots, the tree will be fine'

That's how you get a 50-foot maple falling on a house in five years. Anyone have a good way to explain root collar excavation to property owners without sounding like a jerk?

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jakef662mo agoTop Commenter

That "it'll be fine" attitude is everywhere. People skip the basics, then wonder why things fall apart later.

joseph5291mo ago

Saw a bridge inspection report last year where they missed simple concrete cracks for five years. Cost over two million to fix what a weekly walk around could have caught. That attitude turns small problems into disasters.