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<blockquote data-quote="LauraleesFarm" data-source="post: 1024880" data-attributes="member: 14261"><p>Those roots are important to the tree as they play a role in helping the tree get air to its roots. You could put about 2" max of compost over the roots and feed the tree at the same time. If you put more than that you run the risk of killing the tree. Not because of rotting, but by blocking the trees ability to gather nutrients and get air thru the roots. The deep roots gather water, and can penetrate clay. The shallow roots gather nutrients and require aeration (sp) in that process. The shallow roots are in the top 12" of the soil. </p><p></p><p>My parents recently killed a 100 plus year old oak tree by smothering one side of the roots with concrete and filling in the other side with clay......now they have to take it down limb by limb and dig out the stump without harming the concrete. Not to mention the loss of shade.</p><p></p><p>Why not use roundup and kill all the grass beneath the tree's canopy, and then give the tree a wide ring of mulch (but not against the tree's trunk), about 2 to 3" deep? Then, you don't have to mow that area, and you are helping the tree.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LauraleesFarm, post: 1024880, member: 14261"] Those roots are important to the tree as they play a role in helping the tree get air to its roots. You could put about 2" max of compost over the roots and feed the tree at the same time. If you put more than that you run the risk of killing the tree. Not because of rotting, but by blocking the trees ability to gather nutrients and get air thru the roots. The deep roots gather water, and can penetrate clay. The shallow roots gather nutrients and require aeration (sp) in that process. The shallow roots are in the top 12" of the soil. My parents recently killed a 100 plus year old oak tree by smothering one side of the roots with concrete and filling in the other side with clay......now they have to take it down limb by limb and dig out the stump without harming the concrete. Not to mention the loss of shade. Why not use roundup and kill all the grass beneath the tree's canopy, and then give the tree a wide ring of mulch (but not against the tree's trunk), about 2 to 3" deep? Then, you don't have to mow that area, and you are helping the tree. [/QUOTE]
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