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Question about oak tree roots
Posted on 2/19/12 at 7:09 pm
Posted on 2/19/12 at 7:09 pm
Neighbor has a pretty big oak which had some runners into my yard about 20 feet or so from the trunk. We pulled up some smaller runners and a couplr of bigger ones (2 inches) in diameter. Im assuming this will have very little to no effect on the tree itself? Im trying to put some sod down and those bastards made it next to impossible. Thanks.
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Posted on 2/19/12 at 7:39 pm to St Augustine
They'll be fine, I have 3 live oaks in my front yard and had to cut roots fairly close to the trunk on all of them for my irrigation system. This was 3 years ago and I haven't seen any problems
Posted on 2/19/12 at 8:07 pm to St Augustine
Just be a good neighbor and cut them clean and vertical so they can heal. To cut part way and then tear them horizontally will leave the roots susceptible to disease
Posted on 2/19/12 at 9:08 pm to St Augustine
bet you a dollar that the sod you lay wont live, the water oak will pull all the water and kill the grass, at least that is what happened in my back yard
Posted on 2/19/12 at 10:29 pm to St Augustine
A tree has roughly the same mass of roots below ground as it has branches above ground. It will be fine unless you destroyed a huge amount of roots.
Posted on 2/20/12 at 7:21 am to St Augustine
it will drop a frickton of acorns this season
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