Forgot to mention poison doesn't work. I've tried them all! You have to remove the tree trunk and all the roots to get rid of the problem. Yes they will cause structural and foundation damage. I traced the longest traveling root at 45 ft. from the stump. These trees should be banned in Arizona.

Has anyone ever tried digging down and painting the roots with Crossbow (or Triclopyr Ester)? I've heard good things about it but I have never tried it.

Have an arborist coming out in a few days, have a feeling will need to tear apart entire front yard (driveway included) and side backyard. Will keep this thread updated

Never tried Crossbow. The problem is when you break a root from the mother tree they keep sending off new shoots from the root that has been disconnected from the mother tree. They send up new tree sprouts over night. The root system is massive.

Well, nothing much more than I had already known, other than a price to retreat and grind the tree stumps. Foundation may or may not be impacted down the road, will have to spot treat new shooters for a long time, brick wall may or may not get worse, same with driveway until it tree dies after a long time. Noticed my post tension slab I'm the garage is starting to get a lot of hairline cracks too. We wouldn't have bought this house in Feb if we knew what we know now.

Hi! Dealing with a neighbor and these same root nightmares AS WE SPEAK. We asked them to remove 2 years ago after first incident (broken pool plumbing) and they refused. We never asked to be reimbursed for repair. Well, tripped on way to trash can and realized pavers are lifted. Husband dug down and not shocking but a NEW ROOT. Dug by foundation and there is another root. They are trying to sell. I am terrified of what it going to happen. My parents think I need to hire a lawyer just in case something happens. Arborist came yesterday and said likely that our pavers are lifting due to roots encroaching there as well. 😩 I hope you issue resolved, but I’m willing to take any names you might have as I am in AZ, too.

We ended up going with tree pros llc to grind the stumps, and a separate company (forget the name) to apply material to the freshly ground stumps that same day. This was about a year and a half ago, and we noticed shooters maybe for a few months after that, but then haven't seen one since! No more pavers lifted, etc.

Did your tree finally die, We are going through the same thing as well, pulling my hair out dealing with this devil

Yes, theyre finally gone for good. it took the stump grinding and some stuff sprayed where the stump was immediately after, then had to spot treat the shooters for a few months after that, but no issues since!

I have these roots growing in my backyard under our grass. not sure where they are coming from. been in this house 5 years and this is the first simmer that we have sissoo shoots coming up off the roots all iver yard. what do we do?