Tree girdling almost always spells doom for a tree if not caught early and corrected. This common, yet easily overlooked problem happens when something wraps so tightly around a tree (like a girdle), ...

In the fashion world, a girdle is outmoded and slightly funny. For a tree, girdling is no joke. To girdle a tree is to damage the bark and underlying tissue all around the trunk or a branch, killing ...

There are three beautiful red maples on our farm. One day I spotted something abnormal at the root flare of all three trees. Several 2-inch diameter roots were circling the trunks! I knew that wasn’t ...

Q: We have a 150-foot-tall redwood tree across the road from our home that has a support cable for a utility pole wrapped around the trunk. The cable is now embedded in the tree. We have been told by ...

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My elm tree has dropped hundreds of its tips and they are all under the canopy. What could be causing this? J.W. This is a common question during the fall from both homeowners and commercial sites - ...

EAGAN, Minn. (WCCO)-- The Dakota County Parks Department says someone has been destroying trees in one of the most popular parks in the south metro. Several trees in Lebanon Hills Regional Park are ...

Tree huggers on north Vancouver Island are spending $60,000 to embrace an 800-year-old tree saved from municipal chain saws last year. Crews began work this week to erect a specially-built support ...

Girdling involves complete removal of a strip of bark around the circumference of the tree. This portion contains both food vessels and part of water transporting vessels. BENGALURU: The spread of ...

Tree lovers on Vancouver Island are raising $60,000 to save an 800-year-old cedar tree that was the centre of a standoff last year. Two men spent a month in the 49-metre tree in protest after an ...