Identify, Expose, and Correct GIRDLING ROOTS On Your New Fruit Trees Before Its TOO LATE!

Don't blindly trust that your new tree straight from the nursery is perfect and ready to go. Most trees need to be assessed for their planting depth in the pot before planting in the ground. Most trees are unfortunately set up for failure in the long term and the consequences can be disappointing at the least and damaging at the worst.

When trees are planted too deep in their pots the roots that circle the pot also circle the trunk. This leaves the tree susceptible to roots strangling the trunk as the tree grows which cuts off essential water, nutrients, and energy back and forth from the canopy and root system through the cambium layer of the trunk. Trees with girdling roots are weakened, have slow to stalled growth and health, have shorter life spans, and are prone to failure and falling during weather events.

Fear not, today Im discussing smart ways to identify and remove girdling roots on fruit trees like my aprium and macadamia nut trees.

00:00 - Intro
01:09 - Previous Macadamia Tree Girdling Root Disaster
02:17 - Macadamia Tree Now
02:46 - Aprium Tree Early Detection
03:56 - Girdling Root Removal Process
06:50 - Rearranging Roots
07:27 - Looking at Progress
08:00 - Setting Roots In Place
08:35 - Re-level Soil and Fertilize
09:18 - Outro & Subscribe