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Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / June 2005damson tree
The house I have moved into has an old damson tree in the garden. I would like to replace it with something smaller and more in keeing with the garden. I have found that you get a lot of shooting coming up from the roots, if I cut it down will these shoots over run my garden? Will I have to dig all the roots up? Old tree not fesable? Any advice would be great. Cheers, Ian. The message <WsRre.33564$8m5.7982@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net> from "IanG" <removespamian.g2@ntlworld.com> contains these words: > The house I have moved into has an old damson tree in the garden. I would > like to replace it with something smaller and more in keeing with the > garden. I have found that you get a lot of shooting coming up from the > roots, if I cut it down will these shoots over run my garden? Will I have > to dig all the roots up? Old tree not fesable? Any advice would be great. A damson tree is something to die for. However, if you *MUST* get rid of it, wait till autumn, dig it out with a VAST earthball still attached to the roots and bring it round here for me to dispose of. I'll dig a hole to bury it in... Mmmmm. Damson jam! Mmmmmmm! Damson wine! Mmmmmmmmm! Freshly-picked sun-warmed damsons! Mmmmmmmmmmm! Damson crumble! The thought of that tree being destroyed has quite ruined my day.  SignatureRusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ The message <313030303230303842AFFF6345@foobar.zetnet.co.uk> from Jaques d'Alltrades <creaking.gate@foobar.zetnet.co.uk> contains these words: > The message <WsRre.33564$8m5.7982@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net> > from "IanG" <removespamian.g2@ntlworld.com> contains these words: > > The house I have moved into has an old damson tree in the garden. I > > would [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > to dig all the roots up? Old tree not fesable? Any advice would be > > great. > A damson tree is something to die for. > However, if you *MUST* get rid of it, wait till autumn, dig it out with > a VAST earthball still attached to the roots and bring it round here for > me to dispose of. I'll dig a hole to bury it in... > Mmmmm. Damson jam! > Mmmmmmm! Damson wine! > Mmmmmmmmm! Freshly-picked sun-warmed damsons! > Mmmmmmmmmmm! Damson crumble! > The thought of that tree being destroyed has quite ruined my day. You don`t see that many of em nowadays do you. The old feller next door has a nice looking tree but zero fruit on it. I`ve offered to prune it to try and get some fruiting wood on it next year (part of my graduation to fruit tree care). Too many have been ripped up. The message <313030303139343042B01C8518@zetnet.co.uk> from Christopher Norton <chris.norton@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words: /damson tree/ > You don`t see that many of em nowadays do you. The old feller next door > has a nice looking tree but zero fruit on it. I`ve offered to prune it > to try and get some fruiting wood on it next year (part of my graduation > to fruit tree care). > Too many have been ripped up. Too many old types of fruit have been ripped-up. The big orchards can't sell (economically) fruit to supermarkets because they want them all the same size, and owners of small orchards of older varieties can't fins a market at all - or at least, only locally. SignatureRusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ The tree was cut back (by a proper tree surgon) in sept 2003 as it was too big for the garden. No fruit last year or this year. Next door have said that it has not had fruit on it for a long time. It would be great to keep it but is just too big for the garden and the shoots from the roots causing havoc with the rest of the garden. So back to the original question "what is the best way to remove it from my garden"? Cheers, Ian. > The house I have moved into has an old damson tree in the garden. I would > like to replace it with something smaller and more in keeing with the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Cheers, Ian. The message <7lwse.21488$m4.89@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net> from "IanG" <removespamian.g2@ntlworld.com> contains these words: > The tree was cut back (by a proper tree surgon) in sept 2003 as it was too > big for the garden. No fruit last year or this year. Next door have said > that it has not had fruit on it for a long time. It would be great to keep > it but is just too big for the garden and the shoots from the roots causing > havoc with the rest of the garden. So back to the original question "what > is the best way to remove it from my garden"? *NEVER* cut a tree down and then remove the roots - it makes a lot of hard work. Rather, attach a rope fairly high up on the tree. Dig round it deeply and cut as many roots as you can find. Get some help to pull it over. Dig remainder of earth from roots and drag the tree out of the hole. Leave the roots on, cut off branches, and when the cuts have dried, cover them with wax or gloss paint, [8] and it'll be just what I want. But I bet you're no-where near East Anglia... [8] Stops evaporation there and prevents the wood cracking. SignatureRusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ > The message <7lwse.21488$m4.89@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net> > from "IanG" <removespamian.g2@ntlworld.com> contains these words: [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > *NEVER* cut a tree down and then remove the roots - it makes a lot of > hard work. Rather, attach a rope fairly high up on the tree. Take a lot of the crown out if it is going to present a problem on the way down. Otherwise the weight will assist. Ignore suggestion of rope as the roots may require several tonnes of pull before they go and read below. Dig round > it deeply and cut as many roots as you can find. > > Get some help to pull it over. Hopefully there is a solid anchor point such as a bigger tree within 40 feet or so. If there is, you go to the local hire place and rent a tirfor winch for the day. wind the cable around the highest point you can safely reach and the lowest point of the anchor tree. Once you have some movement, go in and find those big roots you missed. Severing just a few will help. > Dig remainder of earth from roots and drag the tree out of the hole. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > [8] Stops evaporation there and prevents the wood cracking. |
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