Girdled roots

[treeseer]

Mine do

 

 

 

 

Well the ones within our risk sequencing areas

 

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What a Wonderful World...we in the commercial realm have those areas, on client estates and gardens. too few, but the number is growing.

 

my preferred interval is 9 months, adjusted to fit fungi bloom period where possible.

[sean]

Just had a quick browse through this thread. It's an area which I haven't paid too much attention to but what I have read thus far I found very interesting. Look forward to reading posts Indepth and learning more. Cheers.

[David Humphries]

A local horse chestnut with a huge girdler and Rigidoporus ulmarius (poor fung shot )

 

 

 

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[sloth]

Am I being blind, where is the rigi? Also whats with the pale patch between the epicormic in pic 4?

[David Humphries]

Am I being blind, where is the rigi? Also whats with the pale patch between the epicormic in pic 4?

 

Like I said, poor image, profuse & profound appologies

 

Within yellow circle

 

Tried to go back and get a better shot this morning but access to that side of the tree is now blocked due to construction

 

 

I think what you are seeing between the epicormic clusters is an area of wound wood occluded over an old vehicle impact spot.

 

 

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[David Humphries]

a sessile oak we worked on the recently.

 

the trees root & canopy appear to be in good health.

 

The work is to mitigate future problems of girdling on a couple of the butresses

 

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[David Humphries]

a sessile oak we worked on the recently.

 

A couple of the butresses had small girdlers above ground & the airspading uncovered a few more that were sub-terranean.

 

 

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[sloth]

Like I said, poor image, profuse & profound appologies

 

Within yellow circle

 

Tried to go back and get a better shot this morning but access to that side of the tree is now blocked due to construction

 

 

I think what you are seeing between the epicormic clusters is an area of wound wood occluded over an old vehicle impact spot.

 

 

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Apology accepted kind sir.

That is what I wondered, looks like a very good and even covering for a impact damag; ; evenmore so for chestnut.

Thanks

[David Humphries]

An interesting one here,

 

a beech with Meripilus has(d) a girdler that has been desictated by the Merip leaving the butress root seemingly (played a tune on it with a nylon hammer) sound.

 

 

 

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[Tommy Hutchinson]

Interesting thread and again the tree poses more questions for use to answer.

 

we know that two of the causes of root girdling is when young trees grow roots in rounded pot or roots that are constrained for example and bad planting, but what in nature influences trees to girdle them self’s? (if this happens at all)

 

Some of the mature trees on this thread have adventurous roots growing round the buttress roots, why is this? does this mean the trees had no girdling when young but devolped them later on?

 

Sorry if this has been answered already I have read most of the thread but may have missed a post or two.

 

Thanks Tommy

Edited June 28, 2013 by Tommy Hutchinson