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Re: pine tree removal

Hi Carol,
My husband and I have had 3 coast redwoods removed from our front yard
this year. Two were threatening our house foundations, and we hoped to
leave the third in place. (We were happy that a lumber company took  the
logs from our first two trees, even though we live in the city). We
treated the stumps of these 1st two with roundup, as have friends with
their redwood stumps, to keep them from sprouting. The roundup affected
the third tree, because the roots of all 3 trees were naturally grafted

together in one large root-carpet mat (which we hadn't realized
beforehand). The 3d tree succumbed in about 6 months, so it was removed
earlier this week. At the time of its removal, all three stumps were
reduced to sawdust by the tree removal company's stump grinder, a kind of
large screw. The sawdust piles are quite large. It isn't quite complete
stump removal because some of the outlying roots are probably still in
place, but it has made it possible for us to go ahead and dig our front
yard this year. We are using the sawdust on our garden paths.
Now that all 3 trees are gone, I find I like the sunlight (east facing)
and lack of redwood stain on the house. It gives us a chance to plan a
different front garden, more open and not so dwarfed by three large trees.
Right now, we have lots of fantastic plans which will have to be narrowed
down to one, and that's fun too.
Elly  

On Tue, 23 Sep 1997, The Bay Area Gardener wrote:

> A friend just cut down three big old Monterey Pines out of his yard. Does
> anyone have thoughts about much of the root structure to get out and short
> cuts for doing so?  It would be great to get it done right now so the soil
> could be amended and some basic planting done before our winter rains
> begin.
> 
> I saw the upended Monterey Pines and Monterey Cypress last winter in San
> Francisco's Golden Gate Park and was surprised at how the upended trees
> looked. Seemed like the root stucture was minimal -- a big "blob" right
> under the ground at the base and then fairly small limbs. Is this typical?
> Which if so seems like the root removal maybe won't be so bad.
> 
> Thanks,
> Carol Moholt
> 
> 
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