Stem girdling roots (SGR) are serious problems for trees. They slowly kill trees as roots grow in diameter and compress the trunk. Affected trees grow slowly, are often stunted and are much more ...

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A girdling root is one that circles the base of a tree at or just below the surface. Girdling roots can also girdle other roots but without harm. The most commonly affected species are maples, lindens ...

Gardening is uplifting, whether we’re working on our lawn and landscape or planting vegetables, flowers and fruits. Some of the things we do are downright funny, such as making sure our mowing pattern ...

Tree roots wrapped around tree trunks or the lower stem can be very troublesome for tree health and safety. Stem Girdling Roots (SGR) are very common in maple trees and can eventually compress the ...

I planted a small loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) in a raised bed two years ago, knowing it would outgrow its home. My intentions were to move it the following spring, but my intentions were derailed by ...

For awhile, it’s been one crisis after the other on the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum’s home and garden line. “We’d get hundreds of calls,” Susie Eaton Hopper, the arboretum’s media specialist, said.