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Do any of you masterful gardners know if there is any way to control the nasty little secondary roots of a Norway maple?
I have rented a little house with a back yard that has been unattended since the Boer war..
Clay mud or dust..and only weeds of course.
I have, hard to believe, dug out as many roots as I could get at , some as large as anacondas,added as much compost as was humanly possible, planted clover, then grass seed and it is beginning to look like a yard and not a city dump.
(Did the same with the raging privet which I was able to barrier with aluminum flashing.)
But the maples create a soil eating underground monster octopus.
I can't out the trees as this is a rental..
If they cannot be controlled, how long do I have before the yard reverts back to it's previous dreadful state?
Any other masterful advice?
Thank you from the bottom of my garden!!!!!
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