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October Surprise 2024

Dealing with Girdling Roots: Identify & Save Trees

What Are Girdling Roots and Why Do They Form? Girdling roots are woody roots that grow laterally or circularly around the base of a tree’s trunk (or sometimes other major roots), eventually pressing inward and constricting the phloem and cambium layers. This choking effect disrupts downward sugar transport from leaves and upward water/nutrient flow from roots — essentially starving and …