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MrCass · 11-11-2007, 05:25 PM

Thanks for the reply

I have heard that if you cut some of the overhanging branches away, making the tree smaller, the roots will retract?

Any thought?

Thank you

Mrcass

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Originally Posted by Charlie Pridham[_2_]

In article ,
says...

Is it true if you cut down a large old tree in the garden, will it
affect the foundations of the house? Its about 35 feet away but its a
big old walnut tree

Thank you

MrCass

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MrCass

Depends on the soil type and even then it can vary from garden to garden,
clay is the worst offender but it is by no means a common thing to
happen.
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea