"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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from Martin contains these words:

Hello,
Been digging in a garden about 18" down and found some long pencil thick
roots running horizontally.. I broke one and its orange/yellow in
colour.

Anyone have any ideas what these roots could be ?

Ash ? My neighbour's ash has yellow roots up to 15 metres distant from
the trunk. They are in deep soil but run horizontally about 18" from the
surface.

Janet

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You are probably lucky! it is not, - but could have been, - the dreaded
convolvulus, - the bane of my life.
Its roots are white and form a network about six inches under the soil.
Boy-oh-boy! - get one piece even less than half an inch into your garden and
you have a long-term problem, - especially if there are roots coming under
a double fence from the recently arrived Neighbours from Hell critter's
dump next door.
Doug.
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