by Contributor | June 3, 2014 7:21 am

Oswego Tree Steward volunteer Jessie Brandt, is a student from SUNY Oswego.
She is pictured digging out a girdling root from below the ground.
This shows how trees being planted too deep or mulched too much will make the tree struggle forever to get nutrients and water.
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