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"Cat(h)" writes:
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| Well, any 'tree surgeon' worth his salt would have offered (for a rather
| larger fee, of course) to take the roots out as well - which is much
| easier *BEFORE* they have been cut off at the base.
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| The tree surgeon would have done so, had he not been warned by me not
| to disturb the neighbour's garden: you see, the leylandii are on the
| boundary, and while we have lovely neighbours, we weren't about to turn
| into the neighbours from hell by destroying their beautifully planted
| border on the immediate other side of the boundary. Surely, if cutting
| the trees down kills them, the roots are no longer pumping nutrients.
| They might even provide some back into the soil by rotting quietly?

Precisely so. On both points.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.