girdle

Greetings. I’m wondering if the inner circling root will girdle the rapidly growing trunk? I'm nervous that, expecting an explosion of trunk growth--it is a sequoia, after all--that at minimum the closest circling root will cause a problem not too far in the future. So, should I attempt to...

In winter 2021, I purchased a couple of pencil-thin bareroot hornbeams (European) for very cheap from a local supplier, with the intention of practicing bonsai techniques on them. I found a spot in my garden to plant the trees, and put them through washers which were positioned above the roots...