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Plastic burlap girdling roots

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plastic burplap girdles roots

A close up of the previous photograph shows that roots are able to grow through artificial burlap but are unable to expand in diameter sufficiently to remain vigorous. Each of these roots is very easy to break off at the burlap because there is very little wood that developed through the burlap.