Today, while walking in Trumbull, CT I saved a Yoshino Cherry choking to death. As a horticulturist, I did what I’ve been trained to do. I took my knife, bent down and removed the obstruction.
As the tree roots expand the twine cuts the flow of nutrients eventually choking the tree to death. This tree would have died a slow and agonizing death.
I gave the Yoshino Cherry a chance to live. A chance to brighten people’s spring with blooms and summer with shade.
Please carefully remove all twine, synthetic or natural, from around the trunk and roots when planting trees.
By John Holden