Information on growth and elimination

Heart root sweetgum - what does that mean?

In the profile you can read that the Sweetgum tree thrives as a heart root. This term describes a special root system that resembles a heart shape in cross-section. These properties shape the growth of sweetgum roots:

• Root growth in depth and breadth
• Dominant tap roots reach several meters deep down to the groundwater
• Weaker lateral roots with extension in the width of the crown and beyond

With these roots, the sweetgum tree is in good company. Numerous deciduous trees have also opted for a heart-root system in the course of evolution because it promises an extra portion of stability. These include Norway maple (Acer platanoides), apple tree (Malus) or the popular one Ball trumpet tree (Catalpa bignonioides).

Remove sweetgum roots - how does it work?

In the hope of an Indian summer in their home garden, hobby gardeners plant the picturesque starfish tree without paying attention to the imposing growth height of up to 20 meters. Within a few years the huge one explodes

Treetop With a full 12 meters in diameter, there is space and the tree is felled. Now the question is in the room: How are gum roots properly closed? remove? The following methods have proven themselves in practice:

• Manually: Tree roots Dig up, saw up, pull the stump out of the ground with a winch
• Machine: Rent a stump grinder, sit on the wood, chop up the stump and roots

Amber tree roots can be removed with natural means without muscle fat, but with a lot of patience. With this variant, you saw the tree stump a few centimeters deep like a chessboard. Drill holes in the roots. Fill a mixture of fresh compost and into the crevices and holes Compost accelerator. Hard-working microorganisms then take care of the decomposition. The process goes faster if you fill the openings in the wood two-thirds full with Epsom salt and seal with liquid candle wax.