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Gardening with Allen: Line trimmers can hurt tree bark

By Allen Wilson, Columbian freelance writer
Published: June 29, 2024, 6:08am

I have been letting the grass grow right up to my tree trunks since I have been able to trim neatly with a line trimmer. My neighbor says I may be damaging my trees. Doesn’t the bark protect the tree?

A single trimming with a line trimmer will do little damage, but repeated trimming can eventually cut completely through the bark.

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