This may be a stupid question but here goes.

I have a 15-20 ft tall White Ash tree in my front lawn. There are roots
on the surface of the 5 feet or so of surrounding lawn. My question is:
How do I deal with these roots? Can(should) I spread topsoil around to
raise the lawn up over the roots? Would that be a exercise in futility,
where the roots would continue to emerge. I wouldn't think cutting and
removing the handful of offending roots would be very good for the tree.
Not to mention the damge to the lawn.

While I am here. I keep reading that leaving the clippings on the lawn is
good for the lawn. I have a Troy-Built mulcher but I alternate mulching
and bagging for fear of thatch. Am I worried over nothing? Should I mulch
all the time?

I am in a hotter part of Southern California if climate matters...



--
Dave W a.a.#1967

Dave W wrote:
While I am here. I keep reading that leaving the clippings on
the lawn is good for the lawn. I have a Troy-Built mulcher but
I alternate mulching and bagging for fear of thatch. Am I
worried over nothing? Should I mulch all the time?

Mulch all the time.

--
Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8b
Sunset Zone 5

"Dave W" wrote in message
1...
This may be a stupid question but here goes.

I have a 15-20 ft tall White Ash tree in my front lawn. There are roots
on the surface of the 5 feet or so of surrounding lawn. My question is:
How do I deal with these roots? Can(should) I spread topsoil around to
raise the lawn up over the roots? Would that be a exercise in futility,
where the roots would continue to emerge. I wouldn't think cutting and
removing the handful of offending roots would be very good for the tree.
Not to mention the damge to the lawn.

You would only be fighting the nature of the tree. It or you will win.
If you win the tree dies, if it wins you have roots.


While I am here. I keep reading that leaving the clippings on the lawn is
good for the lawn. I have a Troy-Built mulcher but I alternate mulching
and bagging for fear of thatch. Am I worried over nothing? Should I mulch
all the time?

Mulch all the time. Thatch does not come from grass clippings. You are
bagging a great soil improver.


I am in a hotter part of Southern California if climate matters...



--
Dave W a.a.#1967



--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math

Dave W wrote:
While I am here. I keep reading that leaving the clippings on
the lawn is good for the lawn. I have a Troy-Built mulcher but
I alternate mulching and bagging for fear of thatch. Am I
worried over nothing? Should I mulch all the time?

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/lawnchallenge/lesson5.html

animaux wrote in
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Dave W wrote:
While I am here. I keep reading that leaving the clippings on
the lawn is good for the lawn. I have a Troy-Built mulcher but
I alternate mulching and bagging for fear of thatch. Am I
worried over nothing? Should I mulch all the time?

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/lawnchallenge/lesson5.html

Neat, Thanks.

--
Dave W a.a.#1967

"Joseph Meehan" wrote in
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"Dave W" wrote in
message 1...
This may be a stupid question but here goes.

I have a 15-20 ft tall White Ash tree in my front lawn. There are
roots on the surface of the 5 feet or so of surrounding lawn. My
question is: How do I deal with these roots? Can(should) I spread
topsoil around to raise the lawn up over the roots? Would that be a
exercise in futility, where the roots would continue to emerge. I
wouldn't think cutting and removing the handful of offending roots
would be very good for the tree. Not to mention the damge to the
lawn.

You would only be fighting the nature of the tree. It or you will
win.
If you win the tree dies, if it wins you have roots.

I guess the best I can do is minimize the ruts in between the roots with a
little soil..



While I am here. I keep reading that leaving the clippings on the
lawn is good for the lawn. I have a Troy-Built mulcher but I
alternate mulching and bagging for fear of thatch. Am I worried over
nothing? Should I mulch all the time?

Mulch all the time. Thatch does not come from grass clippings.
You are
bagging a great soil improver.

Thanks.

--
Dave W a.a.#1967