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Horse Chestnut tree roots (Aberdeenshire)
About five years ago, my neighbour had a group of the above seriously trimmed, and gave me a large pile of chippings which have sat against a wall in my garden ever since. Investigating that pile recently, I find a lot of the chippings have broken down to a very friable condition. However, said pile is also a mass of roots, which have grown up from the trees next door. I have pulled out the larger roots, but there are bound to be smaller lengths remaining. Were I to use that material as mulch, or just dug into my garden, are the roots likely to die and rot, or am I likely to be cursed with a million little horse chestnut trees popping up for the rest of my life? -- Graeme |
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Horse Chestnut tree roots (Aberdeenshire)
On 17/08/2020 18:54, Graeme wrote:
About five years ago, my neighbour had a group of the above seriously trimmed, and gave me a large pile of chippings which have sat against a wall in my garden ever since. Investigating that pile recently, I find a lot of the chippings have broken down to a very friable condition. However, said pile is also a mass of roots, which have grown up from the trees next door. I have pulled out the larger roots, but there are bound to be smaller lengths remaining. Were I to use that material as mulch, or just dug into my garden, are the roots likely to die and rot, or am I likely to be cursed with a million little horse chestnut trees popping up for the rest of my life? There are lots of hits on a web search for stump-grinding horse chestnut trees. If this left actively growing roots in the soil I am sure we would have heard about it by now. There are some plants which can be propagated from root cuttings, but although it can be done with Horse Chestnut it's pretty rare, for example see http://agro.icm.edu.pl/agro/element/bwmeta1.element.agro-article-db112e8f-51c8-48f8-8716-163a8cd6a549/c/8-5Czek.pdf I can't see you getting lots of little horse chestnut trees. Are you sure the roots coming up are from horse chestnut trees? -- Jeff |
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Horse Chestnut tree roots (Aberdeenshire)
In message , Jeff Layman
writes I can't see you getting lots of little horse chestnut trees. Are you sure the roots coming up are from horse chestnut trees? Excellent, thank you. A wall separates the two gardens and the trees grow in a line along the neighbours side of the wall, a maximum of three feet from the wall. The roots are the bane of my life, including a permanently wobbly patio and lining of drains blocked by roots. The trees are protected. -- Graeme |
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