tree root legalities

4season · May 1, 2016

I think in most states if the limbs come over your property line, you are legally able to prune them. How about roots? I have a 10 by 12 foot cement pad that I cover with soil to grow sweet potatoes. last year roots from an elm 40 feet away permeated the bed. The tree is about 10 feet from the property line. Cut the roots or systemic herbicide ? This tree has been pruned by the electric company because once it blew the fuse or popped the breaker on one line and several houses were half powered. Also 90 % of the weeds I pull are elms.

May 1, 2016	#1
4season Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: albuquerque Posts: 308	tree root legalities I think in most states if the limbs come over your property line, you are legally able to prune them. How about roots? I have a 10 by 12 foot cement pad that I cover with soil to grow sweet potatoes. last year roots from an elm 40 feet away permeated the bed. The tree is about 10 feet from the property line. Cut the roots or systemic herbicide ? This tree has been pruned by the electric company because once it blew the fuse or popped the breaker on one line and several houses were half powered. Also 90 % of the weeds I pull are elms.