Why does a layer of periderm offer only temporary protection? When the plant makes a new layer

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Why does a layer of periderm offer only temporary protection? When the plant makes a new layer of cork cambium, does it make the new layer to the outer side of the failing periderm or to the inner side of it, deeper in the secondary phloem?

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