ROOT FLARES

[e Craig]

Hi! I'm a newbie here & this is my first post.

Down here in Corpus Christi we have performed organic/sustainable landscape maintenance for over thirty years. In this field, much time is spent in educating myself so that I can help educate ny customers. The internet sure has made it easier than it used to be.
As a long time subscriber to "Acres USA" <acresusa.com>, I have been familiar with HG's advice. So this weekend I sought out the Dirt Doctor again, and joined. This has become a really impressive site.

More & more, I am interested in solving girdler root problems and have "rescued" many trees and shrubs. Have learned that many have been caused by container grown stock. I am glad to see that there are more nurseries such as Athens Tree Farm <http://athenstreefarm.com/> that are working to solve this problem.

But to the point of helping trees in place, this has been a slow & tedious operation. The "Air-Spade" seems a great improvement but it may be too expensive for my situation. I have found and learned much by rummaging/surfing here. For instance, the use of a wet/dry vac had never occurred to me.

But I still have, and will have, more questions. Can y'all offer some insights?

Take care.
Craig

[Dirt Doctor]

The two secomd best techniques are medium water flow and shop vac or the use of stiff brushes.