Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener: Euonymous japonica, 1 by Yellowbricks

Yellowbricks wrote:
I\'m not sure it\'s Euonymus Crown Gall. I see not galls anywhere. However there is crazy root growth around the soil line, and Dr. Google tells us that a symptom of this disease is that the \"bacterium stimulates the rapid growth of plant cells that results in the galls.\" So perhaps overzealous root growth is the first symptom(?) and then the galls, but so far I don\'t see a description like that. In any case it appears the treatment is heating up the soil, which is easily done in the south where I live but only in the warm months. I guess I need to consider digging it up. The first picture is a full shot showing trunk branches and root growth; the second is a close-up of some of the root growth.

This message was edited Nov 25, 2021 12:46 PM