Re: Redwoods

Hello Zeki,
We knew the Redwood roots were damaging the foundation because they had
pushed over a small brick wall (1m high). We tried cutting back the roots
for several years, but it was not possible to contain them. The roots also
buckled a concrete garden path underneath the trees. The two trees which
we removed were within 1.5m of the house foundation. The trees had been
planted sometime between 1923-25, when the house was built after the
Berkeley fire of 1923. They were large enough for us to sell as
timber, which reduced the cost of removing them by $1,000. Even
though we live in an urban area, a lumber truck was able to park in front
of our house; the trees were stripped of branches and then cut into 5m
(16ft.) sections, making a total of 6 logs.
We live in a part of the world without severe winter cold (notwithstanding
the recent accounts of our present freeze), so the trees grow all year.
The third tree, between the two we were forced to remove, wasover 3m from
the house, and would have been nice to have had. We do have another two
redwoods, still living & of about the same age, within 5ft.of the house
and we think they will not be a problem.
We do have friends living in Aarhus, Denmark, who managed to keep a coast
redwood alive in their garden for over 20 years, even through some winters
when Aarhus Bay froze over (winter of 1969-70). Their garden was protected
from wind because they lived in the lee of a hill, and even though the
winters were quite cold there was good snow cover. The tree never was over
3m (15ft) tall. It died in a dry (without snow) cold spell sometimg around
1979-80). Of course, dawn redwoods grow very well in Denmark.
With best wishes,
Elly Bade
 On Sun, 20 Dec 1998, Zeki
Yagli wrote:

> William,
> 
> Your mail disturbs me a lot since the best growing of my three Sequoias is at
> 3.5m from my house. How did you discovered that your Sequoia was damaging your
> house foundation and how old and tall was your Sequoia was you discovered
> this?
> Did you know a way of controlling and even more preventing this disagreable
> situation before deciding to remove tree?
> Regards.
> Zeki Yagli
> Istanbul-Turkey
> 
> 
> William Bade wrote:
> 
> > Just a note about redwood roots. The roots become a matted carpet, fusing
> > together (grafted) to protect trees in high winds. I sadly discovered
> > this when I had to remove two trees damaging my house foundation, and I
> > used round-up on the stumps to prevent stump growth. I should have covered
> > the stump with black plastic to prevent light from starting new growth.
> > Elly Bade
> >
> 
>
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