Aerating the soil in the root zone is one of the best and easiest ways to help a tree. Aerating simply means “introducing air into a material.” You can do this by plunging spikes into the soil around the tree. You can also buy prebuilt aeration tubes, or make your own.
Canopy Tree Service workers, local to San Antonio, Texas, created these on-site tubes using Home Depot materials. For example, they used this technique to increase nut production in two pecan trees after a truck knocked one down in a homeowner’s yard. Installing such tubes benefits the tree in various ways: it distributes oxygen and water to the soil’s deeper layers, protects it from compaction, and accelerates growth in the event of extremely compacted soil surrounding the bottom of a tree.
Aeration and Tree Roots
Another way to help boost tree growth is deep root feeding. With this technique, our arborists inject nutrients into the soil. The injection goes deep, past the grass roots to feed the tree roots below. The advantage of deep root feeding is it gets the nutrients for the tree roots beneath the grass roots. This erases competition. The fertilizer application can lead to an overall healthier tree. Just like a person on a healthy diet, a tree receiving the highest amount of healthy nutrients is better prepared to fight disease and fungus.
Canopy Tree Service work crews are experienced with making the best cost effective choices for customers. A recommendation to aerate to boost tree growth means the customer is receiving the ideal choice of service for their specific tree care needs.