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Saw a huge hackberry in Cincinnati with a weird girdling root problem
I was walking through Eden Park last week and noticed this massive hackberry with almost no leaves on one side. Got up close and saw a root the size of my forearm wrapping tight around the base, about 6 inches above the soil. It had dug into the bark a good inch deep. The park crew had put mulch right up against the trunk, which probably hid it for years. Has anyone else had luck saving a tree from a girdler that big, or is it usually too late by then?
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alex8205mo ago
That mulch pile was basically giving the tree a slow hug from a giant root. Classic case of hiding the problem until it's too big to ignore, right? Think they can perform root surgery or is it a lost cause?
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blairm775mo ago
Wait they actually chiseled out a whole root? That sounds insane. Tbh I can't picture someone just going at a tree with a chisel, seems like it would do more damage. Honestly surprised the tree survived that.
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victor6515mo ago
Yeah, "going at a tree with a chisel" sounds like something I'd try, right before I accidentally take out the whole trunk. I saw a video where they did it, and it was this super careful scraping, not like my usual hack job. They basically carved out just the bad part, like dental work for an oak.
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