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chrisafix23
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Roseville, California Zones 9b
Advice on root
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November 10, 2022, 05:17:37 PM »
Hello everyone. I am asking for the community's advice on this. I have a potted guava in a 15gal container. I have noticed this root that comes up from below the plant and loops back down. My question is: should I prune this root? or should I just leave it?
The plant is doing well and I don't want to damage it permanently, but I also don't want for the root to girdle the plant later in its life. Photos below:
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K-Rimes
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Santa Barbara
Re: Advice on root
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November 10, 2022, 06:41:42 PM »
I'd leave that alone for sure.
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brian
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Pennsylvania (zone 6) w/ heated greenhouse
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November 11, 2022, 04:21:00 AM »
Leave it, its fine. And if you cut it will probably send up a ton of suckers. I cut over similar looking roots from my guava and it never stops sprouting new growth from the cuts.
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Plantinyum
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Bulgaria , near Sofia city , planting zone 7
Re: Advice on root
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November 11, 2022, 11:28:54 AM »
I also have such roots on my guavas, from all my plants they seem to make the most visible shallow roots. I think that as the trunk at the base and the roots expand they will self graft at each touching point, as roots on most trees do...
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