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Lawn weedkiller and veg

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138
    LeifUK wrote (see)
    ... And I do wonder about absorption by tree roots under the lawn, especially with saplings. 

    Another reason why young trees/shrubs need an area of bare soil around them


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LeifUKLeifUK Posts: 573

    Yes, my dwarf fruit trees have a 1m wide bare area. However, trees often have a very wide root spread. A buddleja I removed had roots tunnelling many metres under the lawn, way beyond the branches.Trees are supposed to be insensitive to this stuff, raspberries less so. But rain can mean migration of large amounts of water through the lawn horizontally, on slopes anyway. 

    The data sheet on Verdone says do not dispose of clippings in the municipal compost dump. 

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