Maple – Killing Roots
Q: Is there a product that will kill a big maple tree and its roots? The roots are ruining my walkway.
A: Once you cut down the tree, roots won’t continue getting bigger or elongating. But they may send up leafy maple root sprouts nearby. Be vigilant clipping the sprouts at ground level for a year and the roots underneath will die. When sprouts no longer appear you can repair the walkway without worries.
TAGS:
-
Advertisement
-
Follow Walter
-
Advertisement
-
-
April calendar
Time to start moving your houseplants outdoors gradually. April winds will keep your wind chimes tinkling....
Get The Checklist
-
-
-
name that plant
Post your puzzlers and help others with theirs.
Start Here
-
-
Trending Posts
-
1
Evergreen Tree – Pruning
-
2
Fescue – Pythium Blight
-
3
Sago Palm – Thin Fronds in Low Light
-
4
Fertilizer – The Proper Ratio
-
5
Leaf Spot – On Poplar, Maple, Sweetgum
-
1
Fescue – Pythium Blight
-
2
Oak – Gouty Gall
-
3
Pumpkin – Growing Giants
-
4
I’m retiring from radio (mostly)
-
5
Gray Rat Snake – Identification
-
-
Walter’s Bookshelf
Browse and purchase gardening books by Walter Reeves, plus select titles by other authors.
View books -
Popular topics
Soil Spring Summer Seed Winter Fall Flowers Weed Fertilizer Disease Shade Temperature Pots Oak Pine Pruning Mulch Watering Container Maple Compost Birds Herbicide Tomatoes Azalea Moisture Poison Pears Hydrangea Glyphosate Caterpillar Pests Cherry Roundup Irrigation Pesticide Pre-Emergent Stone Dogwood Peach Spider Pine Straw Greenhouse Magnolia Squash Squirrels Travel Beans Lemon Japanese Maple