{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"GreenBlue Urban","provider_url":"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/gb\/","author_name":"Olivia Cresswell","author_url":"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/gb\/author\/olivia-cresswellgreenblue-com\/","title":"Root Girdling and Why Context Matters - GreenBlue Urban","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"yGiJHhFDrk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/gb\/root-girdling-and-why-context-matters\/\">Root Girdling and Why Context Matters<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/gb\/root-girdling-and-why-context-matters\/embed\/#?secret=yGiJHhFDrk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Root Girdling and Why Context Matters&#8221; &#8212; GreenBlue Urban\" data-secret=\"yGiJHhFDrk\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Root-Girdling-and-Why-Context-Matters.jpg?wsr","thumbnail_width":1536,"thumbnail_height":865,"description":"When the phrase root girdling appears in a specification meeting or planning discussion, it tends to stop the conversation cold. The challenge is that the term is often used loosely \u2013 sometimes to describe any visible change in root direction or diameter \u2013 when, biologically, true girdling is a very specific (and thankfully fairly uncommon) [&hellip;]"}