"Clark..." wrote in message
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Dioclese wrote:
"Clark..." wrote in message
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I have 2 acres and a third is wooded, the problem is the third that
is wooded, well all the leaves have now fallen off the tree's
The roots are covered by the leaves!!!
I don't have the time to rake them.... oh wait I live in an area
where almost everything is wooded, doesn't that mean all the wooded
area's AKA the forest, aren't their roots covered too?
I think I read in this group that is was bad to cover the roots of a
tree (I think it kills them or something).

What ever am I going to do?
There must be an Expert in this group that can help.
Thanks in advance!!! ;-)

Not Clark...
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Don't you have Google in your part of the world?


Too general a question.
Too general a generality regarding covering roots.
Maybe a certain arborist will chime in to tackle with something
specific and some examples on either spectrum, not using weblinks. Doubt
it though.

Good tip!
I'm going to the book store right after I go to the hardware store and I'm
going to buy a book for identifieng the tree's I have.
For instance is it worse to have maple leaves on your oak roots or vice
versa?
lol

where the heck is Eggs when I really need him? hehehehehe

Clark...
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Don't you have Google in your part of the world?


It wasn't eggs I was speaking of (symplast where are you?).

One example, that strikes me is my great-grandfather had some majestic pecan
trees. Surface roots were heavy duty, sometimes difficult to get pushmower
over (engine off). Leaves in autumn were 1-2 foot deep before raking. Just
wondered what would happen if these were never raked for example. There
would be wind driven push on alot of it. Some making large piles near the
trunks.

Juniper-ashe (blue berry version) naturally drops its leaves (needles) in a
major thickness. This is part of its strategy of recouping water in dry
areas. And, due to the needles chemical release, nothing grows under such a
tree.

Live oak drops all its leaves in early spring. I have buttload of those
trees all around my home and property naturally growing. I don't rake those
leaves, too many and too deep. No apparent effect on their growth or
foliage that grows within its vicinity.

Cited 3 specific examples. Tap, tap, tap... mr. arborist... Or weblink
quack...
Dave