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Make clean cuts when cutting roots. Use sharp loppers or a sharp hand saw. Don’t leave ragged edges on the root ends. Try to cut them off where there are root junctions – just like pruning a tree branch back to the branch collar.

Clean cuts aid in the healing process and help form a seal to ward off disease. Generally the small fine roots in the top 18 inches of the soil are responsible for nutrient uptake. Try not to harm any of these roots Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins. If you cut off the major roots of a tree (the large roots), then it may die slowly. This is because the major roots are the tree’s source of water and other vital nutrients.

The major roots also give the tree an upright posture and balance, and cutting them will force the tree to treegrind.barted Reading Time: 5 mins. Nov 29, You need to cut off the excess part of the root. You can either use a root cutter blade or a tree root cutting saw for this purpose. But make sure you don’t go too far. Trim the roots to around 1/3 of their original treegrind.barted Reading Time: 6 mins.

Remove the"sucker" roots via a clean cut, either at: The soil line (or as close as possible to the soil line) Just below the soil line, accomplished after careful removal of the surrounding soil to allow such a cut. Dec 02, Shaving exposed tree roots leaves a wound where disease vectors and insects can penetrate. Shaving down tree roots is better than completely cutting the roots off, however. Rather than shaving exposed tree roots, consider shaving the concrete sidewalk or patio to make it more level.

Moving the sidewalk away from the tree by creating a curve in the path or narrowing the path in the tree root zone area is another way to avoid shaving exposed tree treegrind.barted Reading Time: 2 mins. cut a root off a tree