Kay Easton wrote:

In article , Franz Heymann
writes


Why not get a profesional gardener with a root grinder to come and
grind up as much of the root as possible in situ, and just garden on
what's left of the roots?

I think he's talking about chaenomeles 'japanese quince' rather than a
quince tree - would a root grinder work on a mass of roots and soil, as
opposed to a single large tap root?

Sounds like you're right. It's not a single root, more like a mass of
thin, tough roots and branches. That's the frustrating thing about it
- there's no centre to work on.
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John H