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I chainsawed my (inherited) conifers to within 4" of the ground. What now?
Will they stop growing or do I need to do something else to kill the roots? I'm sure some people move house because they have lost control over their conifers!! -- remove one bollock to reply |
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What is their diameter? Are they surrounded by concrete, tarmacadam or
the like? Regards, Emrys Davies. "Akkerman's Plektrum" wrote in message ... I chainsawed my (inherited) conifers to within 4" of the ground. What now? Will they stop growing or do I need to do something else to kill the roots? I'm sure some people move house because they have lost control over their conifers!! -- remove one bollock to reply |
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"Akkerman's Plektrum" pushed
briefly to the front of the queue on Mon, 21 Oct 2002 22:37:00 +0000 (UTC), and nailed this to the shed door: ^ I chainsawed my (inherited) conifers to within 4" of the ground. What now? ^ Will they stop growing or do I need to do something else to kill the roots? ^ I'm sure some people move house because they have lost control over their ^ conifers!! Grab your fork, and FOCUS on the task at hand ... Andy -- sparge at globalnet point co point uk Anabolic is to catabolic as analogue is to ... |
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"Akkerman's Plektrum" wrote in message
... I chainsawed my (inherited) conifers to within 4" of the ground. What now? Will they stop growing or do I need to do something else to kill the roots? I'm sure some people move house because they have lost control over their conifers!! They'll stop growing and rot. Eventually. But sawing down to that level has removed you of the chnce to use leverage to help get the roots out if you dig around them. You are probably better off either chainsawing again just to ground level, or getting someone with a stump grinder to dig them out (expensive). A tree (not conifer) that I dug out but left some of the roots 3 years ago has just rotted to the stage where they can be easily dug out.I suspect with conifer wood it will take longer for them to rot. -- Tumbleweed Remove my socks before replying (but no email reply necessary to newsgroups) |
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Tumbleweed wrote: "Akkerman's Plektrum" wrote in message ... I chainsawed my (inherited) conifers to within 4" of the ground. What now? Will they stop growing or do I need to do something else to kill the roots? I'm sure some people move house because they have lost control over their conifers!! They'll stop growing and rot. Eventually. But sawing down to that level has removed you of the chnce to use leverage to help get the roots out if you dig around them. You are probably better off either chainsawing again just to ground level, or getting someone with a stump grinder to dig them out (expensive). A tree (not conifer) that I dug out but left some of the roots 3 years ago has just rotted to the stage where they can be easily dug out.I suspect with conifer wood it will take longer for them to rot. Apple and pear tree roots certainly do. I have one still there after more than 10 years. It grows some spectacular fungi at this time of year. Adding a bit of nitrogen feed will encourage it to rot. Ammonium sulphamate sold as rootout is more or less a weedkiller that decays to a high nitrogen feed. It is quite effective against stubborn tree roots that want to regrow and sucker. Regards, Martin Brown |
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"Akkerman's Plektrum" wrote in message ... I chainsawed my (inherited) conifers to within 4" of the ground. What now? Will they stop growing or do I need to do something else to kill the roots? I'm sure some people move house because they have lost control over their conifers!! They'll stop growing and rot. Eventually. But sawing down to that level has removed you of the chnce to use leverage to help get the roots out if you dig around them. You are probably better off either chainsawing again just to ground level, or getting someone with a stump grinder to dig them out (expensive). A tree (not conifer) that I dug out but left some of the roots 3 years ago has just rotted to the stage where they can be easily dug out.I suspect with conifer wood it will take longer for them to rot. Apple and pear tree roots certainly do. I have one still there after more than 10 years. It grows some spectacular fungi at this time of year. Adding a bit of nitrogen feed will encourage it to rot. Ammonium sulphamate sold as rootout is more or less a weedkiller that decays to a high nitrogen feed. It is quite effective against stubborn tree roots that want to regrow and sucker. Regards, Martin Brown Sorry been away a bit, thanks for all your help and musings. They are more than 17 years old and between up to 9 inches around at the stump. They are in soil but a root my neighbour cut through a metre down a few years ago(his garden is lower than mine) was still 6" he says!! I have enough trouble pulling dandelions up!! However logic tells me the roots alone won't demand half as much water and nutrients as it needed for the foliage it once had. Neighbour Jim reckons his onions will be twice the size next year with more sunshine and less stolen nutrition "an tha can 'ave some Mick lad when they're ready fer pullin" he said. thanks again mik |
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