Girdled roots

[treeseer]

Why would there be so many in one small area?

 

 

 

 

 

It's surprising how much we see when we are looking for them...

 

David yes it does look like holly. Here's some work around a Liriodendron with Armillaria, first seen 3-4 years ago. cleared root crown to get a tomograph reading alap and pruned sgr's in the process. the big one was from a nearby pine.

[David Humphries]

Nice work Guy,

What's the red handled tool.

 

Auger?

 

 

 

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[treeseer]

Nice work Guy,

What's the red handled tool.

 

Auger?

 

 

 

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Nope, plumber's tool called a tile probe for locating pipes etc. 1/2" x 4' rod on that T handle. Fiberglass was $30, steel $19. I use it for testing buttress roots; to encounter solid wood > 1m out from the trunk and 1m down

is useful data imo.

 

The hollow on the other side of the trunk was chock full of black shoestrings 3-4 years ago. I ran into them crossing the bark around the trunk this time too. I honestly do not know why people react as they do to Armillaria; overblown ime.

[David Humphries]

Interesting to see the ongoing fight between the girdle & the buttress on this birch

 

Its a woodland tree so no big deal, but it may be worth excavating to see if the girdle is from the buttress on the left in the first shot or from a neighbour.

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Nope, plumber's tool called a tile probe for locating pipes etc. 1/2" x 4' rod on that T handle. Fiberglass was $30, steel $19. I use it for testing buttress roots; to encounter solid wood > 1m out from the trunk and 1m down

is useful data imo.

 

looks well suited to the task.

 

Our 'prodder' is a 1980's London County Council park keepers litter stick

 

 

 

or sometimes a fencing iron if someone forgets to pack Percys prodder

 

 

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[David Humphries]

A cherry with girdles, the larger of the two butresses seemingly not compomised as yet.

 

 

 

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[armybloke]

An enjoyable read and thanks for the downloads - reading for the long journeys!

[David Humphries]

An enjoyable read and thanks for the downloads - reading for the long journeys!

 

You're welcome Marco, do you discover girdled root situations often?

[treeseer]

A cherry with girdles, the larger of the two butresses seemingly not compomised as yet.

 

 

 

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Curious how the little one cuts in so while the big one seems to be loosened over time somehow.

 

Both no-brainers to prune, if the tree is being managed at all.

037 is an ash in a parking lot

025 a Liquidambar

 

last is at Kew; surprising to see such defects pass inspection there.

[David Humphries]

Curious how the little one cuts in so while the big one seems to be loosened over time somehow.

 

I think the bigger girdle is possibly just a deflection where as the smaller appears to be under a fair bit of tension from the constricted root below?

 

The included union is probably a bigger concern in the future.

 

Both no-brainers to prune, if the tree is being managed at all.

 

The cherry above is on a rural village green.

Very unlikely to see any management, I'd imagine.

 

last is at Kew; surprising to see such defects pass inspection there.

 

Agreed, also suprised to see it not mulched.

 

 

 

Noted this maple (below) during a walk over inspection earlier today.

Probably a bit late now for any root prunning.

Will keep an eye on the vitality of the canopy.

 

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