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May 30, I recently purchased a home in the Sacramento area and in our backyard are several trees, including a plum tree that's approximately 13 yrs old. It sits ft from a fence that we share with another home. The person in that home is complaining that the roots of our tree are growing in her yard and wants something done about shrubhauling.barted Reading Time: 3 mins.

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Ideally, any growth from below the graft union or growth coming from the roots/below the ground on a fruit or nut tree should be removed as soon as it appears.

This same thing applies to fast-growing vertical shoots coming from the trunk/branches that may appear later on in your tree's life as it matures. Sep 29, Generally, you can safely prune roots that are times the diameter away from your tree. So, if your tree has a diameter of 3 feet, only cut tree roots feet away from the tree. Mark the area you’ll cut, and dig a hole all the way around the root until it is completely exposed.

Use a root saw to prune the tree. Jun 22, Andersen says, “Oaks, maples, cottonwoods, poplars–pretty much any hardwood tree–will begin to sprout if under stress.”. “To the tree, those shoots are a method to endure damage. To humans, they can be a nuisance” Andersen adds. There is good news, though. Trees that have sufficient sunlight, water and nutrition are less likely to. Start your tree stump removal project during the early part of the day. Avoid working into the night when it can be hard to see what you’re doing.

Rather tree removal bond manually digging wood and roots out of the ground, the best way to remove a tree stump is to use a machine to quickly chop up the shrubhauling.barg: plum tree.