Hardscaping around shallow tree roots
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gaps in new sod, edge liftup, shallow root, dryout?
Comments (2)Your sod installer should have rolled the sod down with a water fillable roller and told you to water it three times per day for 10-15 minutes each time for the first 2-3 weeks. Then after 3 weeks you can start to back off on watering so that you are watering much less frequently but much deeper when you do water. If your sod is drying out it needs water. I would start now with the 3 times per day for 10-15 minutes. In three weeks from now (middle of August) skip a day but water for 30 minutes when you water. Watch it closely to see if it dries out again. If it does, water it immediately for a longer period. At any time if you see water running off the soil and down the street, stop watering immediately and restart in 15-30 minutes. That gives the soil time to open up to getting more moisture. Mow your fescue at your mower's highest setting for the best looking lawn. Where do you live?...See Moretree roots -- cut or dig around?
Comments (6)Ken -- ha ha! It's a joke related to a family name! My next door neighbor has a pond in her front yard. I'm not talking like a swimming pool, but not tiny like the itty bitty kits at home depot. Maybe something with an area the size of a king sized bed, only not rectangular. Our front yard is up on a hill, with house up and away from the sidewalk. It's not a yard that anyone would wander into. To get into the yard, they would have to climb up through a prickly hill of juniper! Or leap up over a 3 foot stone wall. (Or be an invited guest, parked in the driveway up near the house.) I would be digging by hand. Probably 2 to 3 feet max depth for fish to hide, with shallower shelf ledges around edges. Neighbor has a large oak in her yard -- properties are sort of on a hill and terraced, i.e. her yard is 3 feet higher than mine with a stone wall in between us. (My yard is stepped down -- the stone wall is a nice backdrop for my plants.) So anyway, her tree is about 12 feet away from pond site and up higher than my ground level. My tree is a big black gum. Pond site is probably 10 feet away from trunk. Any thoughts? Thanks!...See MoreYoshina Cherry Tree - shallow roots
Comments (2)what he said.. but i would add a new one.. at the proper planting depth ... cherries do not last forever.. yours is probably past its prime ... or at least moving in that direction so just in case something happens because of the project.. you have another ready to go ... besides ... can you really have too many of them... lol .. ken ps: wait a minute.. how about a pic.. why is he insistent on raining the grade ... why not just 3 inches of a course mulch.. and leave the other 3 inches as is.. why is he so retentive the the level has to be exactly to the cement level???? this would avoid the problem in its entirety ... did he use a bobcat in preparing the sidewalk???...See MoreIs this tree planted too shallow?
Comments (1)IMO not too shallow unless the root flare is above ground. Your tree doesn't seem to fit that bill. Forget about the color. It's the roots that need to be in the ground not the black bark....See MoreYardvaark
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