On Feb 14, 11:34*pm, Lawn Guy wrote:
wrote:
Some trees tend to have roots that run close to the surface and
they are a big problem when trying to grow grass.

Large roots are not mobile. *If you cover them with dirt, they're not
likely to move up on their own and come back to the surface. *This is
especially true in clay soil.

They don't have to be large roots. Some trees have thin roots that
still form a dense mass and will indeed grow up into new soil. Norway
Maples are one species well know for this problem. If the roots
didn't want to be closer to the surface, they wouldn't have grown up
there to begin with.

wrote:

Large roots are not mobile. If you cover them with dirt, they're
not likely to move up on their own and come back to the surface.

They don't have to be large roots. Some trees have thin roots
that still form a dense mass and will indeed grow up into new
soil.

Thin roots won't be a problem for grass. Especially if you cover
existing roots with 1 or 2" of soil, especially if you then lay down
sod.

If the roots didn't want to be closer to the surface, they
wouldn't have grown up there to begin with.

If you cover surface roots with soil, they can't magically lift
themselves up and back to the surface. If they send out smaller root
shoots back up to the surface, it will take some years before those
shoots become a problem - if ever.

Lawn Guy said:

wrote:

Large roots are not mobile. If you cover them with dirt, they're
not likely to move up on their own and come back to the surface.

They don't have to be large roots. Some trees have thin roots
that still form a dense mass and will indeed grow up into new
soil.

Thin roots won't be a problem for grass. Especially if you cover
existing roots with 1 or 2" of soil, especially if you then lay down
sod.

If the roots didn't want to be closer to the surface, they
wouldn't have grown up there to begin with.

If you cover surface roots with soil, they can't magically lift
themselves up and back to the surface. If they send out smaller root
shoots back up to the surface, it will take some years before those
shoots become a problem - if ever.

Wow. You're ****ing clueless.
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