How do I re-grade a yard with tree roots which have not disintegrated?
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Lisa Cruz
Two years ago, I had a couple of trees removed from my front yard after a landscaper advised that their roots were heaving up the ground and causing water to shed towards the house foundation. Roots are still in the yard which is extremely uneven and I'm still concerned about water shedding towards the house foundation. How do I correct the grade to have water shed away from the foundation?
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You can use a stump grinder. Replace it with topsoil. The wood, if left in the soil, will rob it from nitrogen, and also sink in once decomposition takes place. I always try to be thorough, because if you don't, you will end up with sunken patches and possibly non uniform lawn coloring from different nitrogen levels in different areas. You can add the root material you remove to the compost pile, as it contains valuable organic matter, you can take advantage of.
Drill the roots and fill the holes with epsom salt. That will kill hem. A couple months later you can grind them up or partially dig some up. That's what we did after having 12 trees removed and stumps grinder. There were still roots in lots of places and really just wanted them to stop growing, bc they will keep growing.