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Re: [PRIMROSES] Dealing With Tree Roots

I don't know about the above ground roots but stacking around the crown of
the tree can be a problem. Leave a little space next to the trunk.

At 01:46 PM 12/30/97 -0500, Michael D. Cook wrote:
>Hi; I have read that raising a bed around the base of a tree will cause the
>trunk to hold moisture, making it more susceptible to disease.  Yet I see
>many of my neighbors have raised beds which cover about a foot of the trunk
>and their trees appear healthy (all trees I can recall in these beds are
>maples).  All beds have plants with roots that compete well with tree roots
>(such as hostas and annuals).
>
>Is disease a problem with certain tree species, with others being able to
>tolerate having their trunks in moist soil (like swamp trees can), or is it
>just that it takes many years for the damage to the tree to show?  I am
>interested to know, as this fall I heaped compost and soil at the base of
>an old ash tree - not covering the trunk, but covering many large,
>above-the-surface , 'barked' roots - as I plan to install primrose sweep
>after the plants have flowered this spring.
>
>Sheila S.
>Z 5/6
>
>

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