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Root Pruning to control damage

19 years ago

I have a Raywood Ash that is just beginning to heave a sidewalk. I am fairly sure that the problem is a surface root (given that the tree has been lawn watered for several years). Is it possible to cut the offensive root to prevent additional sidewalk heave? Or will this just cause additional problems? I would like to preserve the tree if I can, but if I am just prolonging the inevitable I would rather cut it sooner than later.

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
19 years ago
if you cut it.. are you going to give it a stern lecture NOT to regrow in that spot?????

there is a reason it is growing there .... and i would suspect it will regrow ...

i guess the question is how long that will take.. whether you will still be there when that happens.. and whether you will have to pay for the sidewalk repair ...

cost balance the cost of removal with the sidewalk repair .... and try to figure out in whose lifetime the costs will occur ...

ken
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