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Amy told me that at her Master Gardeners class, the guest speaker from a nursery that specializes in edibles told them that grafted fruit trees could be buried up to the graft. I thought "bogus", but I don't know much about grafted trees, but I still thought "bogus". Master Gardeners sometimes...

I don't know where "they" said it, I read it. Perhaps "they" were talking about cutting smaller roots that would grow back. I'm open to hearing more from people, for sure. Possibly not an apples to apples comparison??? Cutting grade down could also be done with a bulldozer, with same compaction...

Seems like it doesn't even need a wound. I'll be interested to see what happens with an apple and a peach tree I transplanted to my house that had been 4-8" too deep and never did very well according to the former owner. "They" say that adding soil is worse of a grade change than removing. In...

We know that trees should be planted with the root crown at soil level, and mulch shouldn't be on the trunk. My question is why? One issue is stem girdling roots. What else happens when trees are too deep and the trunk is too moist, physiologically/ biologically-speaking?