Re: Weed trees in California
- Subject: Re: Weed trees in California
- From: N* S*
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 07:29:30 -0800
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> > Regarding Moira's comments on many Eucalypts being
>> poor choices for a lawn tree, this effect is also true
>> of most surface rooting trees. I have a very greedy
>> Morus alba tree as a street tree in my own front yard,
>> and I find the tree roots everywhere throughout my
>> entire front yard, and especially concentrated in the
>> small lawn. Tall Fescue sod which could easily
>> survive with only weekly irrigation without this tree,
>> completely dies out if not watered more frequently in
> > my garden at the height of summer.
As I read this, I immediately thought of my own (despised) Morus alba
which is growing adjacent ot the lawn and wondered why I don't have
any root problems whereas one of my neighbors has roots from her tree
everywhere. I wonder whether the fact that mine is planted above a
septic tank leach field has anything to do with it? The roots get
all the water they need without having to go searching for it....
Nan
PS One reason I think Schinus molle is such a popular tree in So Cal
(as compared to oaks which I adore) is that it is such a fast grower.
Seedling to nearly full size takes only about 5 years or so while an
oak can take four or five times that long.
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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
