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Old 18-10-2007, 11:47 PM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden
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Clark... said:

CathyLee wrote:
the roots of the trees are exposed
Will it hurt the trees to add 1-2 feet of soil around them so I can
mow around them?

CathyLee


Don't listen to these guys, I bury my tree's all the time!
works great with the few remaining black walnut trees I have and
it keeps down the 10" pine sticks of doom!


It shortens the trees' life, dood. That's fact. The roots go where the
oxygen, water, and nutrients, that that tree needs, are located. If you put
them (the roots) lower in the soil (even by a few inches), you're depriving
the tree of one, or even all of them.

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