I was thinking of hedges or bamboo or something that can be grown in just big pots. Does this exist? What do you recommend? I was thinking i could bury the pots in the ground? That way it controls the roots?
I doubt burying it will work. Most pots have a hole in the bottom so would probably just end up breaking and the roots escaping. I guess a 1 tonne bag might be tough enough or a rustproof metal tub. Perhaps you'd do better to grow something slow growing, like Yew that might not produce such destructive roots? A cheaper alternative might be a box hedge, which shouldn't get to tall.
Tricky to prove though, unless there's only one tree for miles around. The chance of tracing a tree root back to any given tree when there are several around is difficult (and therefore expensive). I would think the cost of repairing the pipe would be significantly less (in most cases) than just the cost of the experts required to prove it. Yes you could claim that back if it were proven but in all likelihood I doubt most people would take the risk of paying for them without already knowing 100% which tree caused it. Then you might have to prove it wasn't already damaged before the tree was planted, old clay pipes? What's the expected lifespan of those?
Anyway, I'm not advocating annoying your neighbours I was thinking of pipes that run along the front of the house (i.e. under the tarmac in the road), which I think is fair game for planting anywhere on your garden
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I was thinking of hedges or bamboo or something that can be grown in just big pots. Does this exist? What do you recommend? I was thinking i could bury the pots in the ground? That way it controls the roots?
I doubt burying it will work. Most pots have a hole in the bottom so would probably just end up breaking and the roots escaping. I guess a 1 tonne bag might be tough enough or a rustproof metal tub. Perhaps you'd do better to grow something slow growing, like Yew that might not produce such destructive roots? A cheaper alternative might be a box hedge, which shouldn't get to tall.
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Tricky to prove though, unless there's only one tree for miles around. The chance of tracing a tree root back to any given tree when there are several around is difficult (and therefore expensive). I would think the cost of repairing the pipe would be significantly less (in most cases) than just the cost of the experts required to prove it. Yes you could claim that back if it were proven but in all likelihood I doubt most people would take the risk of paying for them without already knowing 100% which tree caused it. Then you might have to prove it wasn't already damaged before the tree was planted, old clay pipes? What's the expected lifespan of those?
Anyway, I'm not advocating annoying your neighbours I was thinking of pipes that run along the front of the house (i.e. under the tarmac in the road), which I think is fair game for planting anywhere on your garden