Timeline for Preventing invasive roots in raised garden beds
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| May 2, 2019 at 19:53 | history | edited | stormy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 2, 2019 at 19:40 | history | edited | stormy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 2, 2019 at 3:41 | comment | added | Wayfaring Stranger | Be aware that if you cut the root of a large tree that is leaning away from the root, you are damaging part of the system that is holding the tree upright. My neighbor's got a 60-70 foot silver maple leaning towards his house. I don't mess with its roots much, besides, this winter it started blowing off bark up to the crotch of a monstrous limb leaning over his house. Looks like a crack is forming. When that limb falls, I want no part in any lawsuit, even if his roots on my land are sometimes annoying. The tree should have been removed 15 years ago. But people round here do not know trees. | |
| Jun 30, 2016 at 22:34 | comment | added | stormy | ...are from double digging and always a trench at the base of the bed to direct excess water. My raised beds are never done with boards, or rock, or CMU...and I've done this with blue clay as well as sand and pumice. One thing the OP could do is water his trees so they won't be so needy to go searching for watered raised beds? Or septic, water lines. Yes? | |
| Jun 30, 2016 at 22:30 | comment | added | stormy | Kevin, I never put plants in anything other than raised beds. That is a duh howdy no matter what type of soil. You are correct, that stuff is great for even perforated pipe so it can be used without getting clogged up. For ponds certainly beneath the pond fabric liner (s...never ever use just one)...but NEVER to be used for weeds. Now roots getting into the garden is just not a big deal enough to blanket the soils with fabric. Roots just are not that big of a deal! My raised beds (always ending up a foot off the ground with sloped sides I use for plants that appreciate slopes...) | |
| Jun 30, 2016 at 16:31 | comment | added | kevinskio♦ | Landscape fabric or geotextile is also used for large retaining walls and as an underlay for ponds. Also consider that this is in a raised bed. Some of your suggestions may not be appropriate for a raised bed. | |
| Jun 30, 2016 at 5:17 | history | answered | stormy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |