Ontarian here; dying each time you say 'root' 🤣 Imagining 'roof' would be similarly amusing. Great video, thanks for the tips!

Ryan thanks so much for this video and the easy to follow step by step. I know to some who are used to doing this it may seem like a really easy job but to others like myself it really helps to watch someone do the whole process and explain it step by step and not just show the beginning and the end.

I know your video is almost four years old, but I enjoyed watching it nonetheless! You did a great job explaining each step and I really appreciated your cautioning viewers about working around the root flare and trying to avoid damaging it. Also mentioning that mulch should be applied away from the flare is an important tip. Good job! I subscribed!

You know more than most landscapers I've dealt with. Many continue to pile mulch year after year with little to no knowledge of horticulture and proper tree care.

Thank you so much for this video. Not only do you show us clearly HOW to do something, but you explain WHY you're doing it. I'm happy to subscribe!

I like how detailed you are in this project. Great Job!!

The method that we use to clean the overhanging grass is to simply trim the grass with a string trimmer. To tie in the work with the mulch we also mow. That way the yard looks its greatest.

That excess grass would make great plugs for areas in the lawn that need it.

Thanks for this video! This is just the kind of thing new homeowners (like me!) need to see. Saving it.

Perfectly done! Everyone should watch this vid and practice what they see. I know I will/am!

Raking the lawn after you have been trampling on it. My wife thought I was the only one to do that!👍🏼. Looks great. Nice job

Nice looking job

thanks for sharing -- more people need to learn about exposing those flares!

Warning! Cutting edge severs and prevents radially outbound "Feeder roots" from elongating past sloped edge. Landscapers using heavy go cart lawn mowers, cause sever compaction around lower edge of mound with tires. Further restricting outbound roots that help Support tree like guy wires, commonly growing only 1-2 inches below grade.

One thing I have noticed about how people edge lawns. After the initial series of vertical cut to establish the line people then come along and lever it out. This tends to be against the lawn surface pressing it down. I suggest either having your steel toe cap behind your spade and lever against that or undercut from bed side and approach from 90 degrees. Radial cutting can reduce sod size and resistance to digging out with less pressure on the toecap as smaller pieces are less resistant to digging out.

This is a great video! Love the step by step directions. Plan to put this into place on our newly planted trees on the farm. Thank you!

Nice work on the rut flair

great job! it took me a minute to figure out what a "rut flair" was though!

scrappy looking worm there at 3:07. good video

Cleaned up edging looks great around the tree. Like a pitcher's mound! Way to keep the yard looking fresh and groomed.

Thank you for this informative video. Looks good can't wait to do mine.

Ryan :- this comment is not for the grass bro this is for you ... you looking good in the hoodie homie...😉

My tall fescue is still growing strong here in KS. It is finally getting to upper 30's at night so my slowdown should begin. Going to roll in and drain my hoses this weekend finally.

Very nice

I have to go out and do this to a tree we planted about 3 years ago. We never edged it or mulched so the grass is always growing around it. It's really annoying when we cut the grass and have to spend that extra time going around it with the lawn mower. But the grass (weeds) are to tough for me to just dig out like you did in this video. But I guess that is what happens when you leave something to do later rather then just doing it the first time... This video helped to motivate me though so thanks. =)

Nicely done!

good stuff. i am new to MN and find your lawn care advice very helpful. thanks!

Perfect job! great attention to detail that is often omitted...

Great video! Extremely helpful.

well done...thanks for sharing your skills (Hendrika)

Good attention to detail Ryan. You're giving the LCN a run for his money...lol.

This is a secret relative to Chris Fix lol.

very nice job! i'm glad you didnt create a volcano mound of mulch!

Yea nice vid great quality and narration.

Thanks very nice job and the info was great....lovely home and lawn

I liked that prog. rock music you had at the beginning.

looks amazing - well done!

Good vid. Sharp work. Thanks for posting.

What should my radius be from the center of the tree trunk?

just wondering, can I just leave the based without any mulch?

Very informative! Thanks

I read that we do not want the mulch sloping down from a tree trunk. It is better to collect water as close to the trunk as possible. Additionally, a finer mulch is better as it permits water to be absorbed to more readily penetrate the soil to feed the roots. Building up a mulch "ring" that is elevated at a point away from the tree trunk area is better for water collection and absorption.

Nice method. I don't agree with leaving the base that bare. Just doesn't look good and most people would agree. Putting enough to cover the dirt will be fine without harm.

turned out nice

SWEET JOB!

Looks good!

Looks great!!!

Do you have any issues when it rains? My edge holds the water in causing the mulch floating around inside the edge.

The upkeep of this sucks though. I would install a 4" plastic liner around the ring and hammer it to level of the soil. Then just weedwack all the grass trying to crawl over the plastic liner. Or pour concrete edging around the tree.

great video

Do you ever put some weed killer in that before covering with mulch

Nice job

Why don’t you add landscaping fabric?

How often you should change out the mulch? - Thanks

cool. i need to do this

none of the trees in my area are done like this. possible from lack of knowledge of how to properly do this but also edging doesnt really work because we have sandy soil. how should they mulched? should it still be dug down and just accept that sand will fall in the mulch and not have a defined edge or is it okay to pile it up slightly? like 1-2 inches?

@ryanknorr can you go back and show how you got a perfect circle around your tree?

Is there a reason you chose not to use any type of edge border?

Nice job. Cut the grass before you put down the mulch That way your grass doesn’t mix in with the mulch

Gotta get down to that rut...

Can I use just the spade to make the edge or do you recommend the edger tool and the spade combo?

Hey Ryan, thanks for the nice video. I have a question. Do you think it is okay to use the old much as topsoil for topdressing/reseeding a small area on my yard? I got inspired by your video but I would not know what to do with old mulch if am to edge and thought of recycling. Thanks.

nice job! have you thought about adding a ring of brick? it would make it pop.

see a lot of mulch put around trees creating a volcano look which is incorrect, you are essentially starving the trees root system of water because it runs down and away from the trunk. The most effective way is to create a doughnut shape a dam per say around the trees trunk so when it gets water it stays around the tree better soaking into the root ball.

Yeah don't damage the "ruts." You need to get to the "rut" of the problem.

I like the video and your accent.. I bouhgt wood dye chips from home Depot for mulching? does it works? how to put fertilizer in tree with presence of mulch ?

Excellent !!

well that old mulch is slowly becoming compost. I wouldn't throw it away!

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Can you come to my house? It looks wonderful, I was wondering why my landscaping did not look so good as the years went on....

Are you saying that a root flare the is barrier my mulch can kill a tree?

What's the average diameter of the edged?

So impressed with you. How many times a year do you do this and when?

Hey...u live in Iowa right? Why do you always wear Minnesota gear?

u rock

Hi, why expose the root flare? Also,should this flare exposure be done on crab apple trees?

somebody watched "This Old House"...

Can you add rock instead of mulch? I have rock already under the tree with the black plastic edging that is coming up. I just want to remove the plastic and put a fresh edge like you did. Can I keep the rock in? I'm from Minnesota too! Thanks for the video.

I just want to say, being from the midwest, you are pronouncing "root" correctly!

for the tree you can put mulch up to 6 cm away from the tree usually it still looks mulched and other than that you can put mulch next to the tree itself you just cant make a god damn mulch volcano i hate seeing that .... but the bare ground a foot out in the middle blue my head off

have you considered laying down landscaping fabric under the mulch to prevent weed growth?

What are ruts?

Do you just "eyeball" the circumference ❓🤔😁👍✌️🖖🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

I don't really get mulch. It looked fine to me with just soil. And isn't mulch environmentally unfriendly? Meaning deforestation to make it.

What is a ruut?

so we don't want mulch up to the tree touching? why?

In what area of the country do they pronounce "root" like you do? By the shirt, I'm guessing MN. Do yall pronounce all "oo" words that way?

Dude was that a snake or a worm at 315

Getting dizzy...

Roots not Ruts. You’re welcome 👍🏼

Nice video! Please come to my house and take care of my trees.

Not my favorite video. Camera on the your head while working makes me nauseous