HOW TO REMOVE TREE ROOTS FROM YOUR LAWN

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5 жыл бұрын

This is a simple video that shows me tearing out cottonwood tree roots from my lawn. I very much dislike these cottonwood trees and I hope that someday I can get rid of them all together.
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@DrJustininJapan 2 жыл бұрын

ROOTS!!!! I am teaching my students in Japan about root types. They said this video changed their lives:) Thank you Connor!! you are the man!!! they want to have you visit Japan and make similar videos here :)

@Chance-ry1hq 5 жыл бұрын

One thing I like about KZfaq is it gives you a window into the bizarre lives of others. I live on seven acres of woods I keep it a natural as possible. I would never think of doing this, but it is interesting to see this man’s obsession.

@ROKKOREX 2 жыл бұрын

its real very real.. lol

@JakeTheLawnKid 5 жыл бұрын

It's very satisfying watching those roots easily come up.

@jonathanmasi991 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to see I'm not the only ripping up their lawn. My nemesis is Oriental Bittersweet. And it does feel good standing over a pile roots!

@ShanepxII 5 жыл бұрын

I love your OCD. It makes me feel so normal and not crazy! I’m always taking lawn projects down rabbit holes that cause me TONS of work but it always pays off. Keep the awesome Content coming... 👍🏼💪🏼

@MikeinAustin 5 жыл бұрын

I can just feel the hatred for those roots through the internet

@YardGuy 5 жыл бұрын

Those nice long ones are extremely satisfying.... That's what she said! Love your lawn and watching your vids man!

@Starlight_GT 5 жыл бұрын

Is possible to put metal plates under the surface of the ground like a knife's edge to stop the roots from coming over into your lawn

@chasemichaelpaulson 5 жыл бұрын

Since you're digging for asphalt and whatnot why not dig along the front yard and put in a physical root barrier?? You won't have as many surface roots.

@FresYESLawnDude 5 жыл бұрын

Great stuff Rebel!!

@BCTCanadian 5 жыл бұрын

Everyone who's ever used pliers like that has experienced the pliers slipping and then pinching the skin on your index finger...now THAT's a real pisser-offer. You're gaining on the cottonwoods Connor...you're gaining on them.

@MM0SDK 4 жыл бұрын

I've been doing this all day in my small garden today before i get the lawn. Ready the soil for seeding. I had one all in one about 6ft today but it wasn't too deep. I had to cut it at the tree end as it goes off the property boundary and deeper so only have about 2 ft left deep in my garden.

@nygrasshole 5 жыл бұрын

The amount of “that’s what she said” lines on follow ups to your comments were on point today LOL. That’s the immature me. Now the mature me will say, I ripped out two trees 6 years ago. Roots across the whole front yard. Mostly on the surface but they went the length of the yard. What a pain those were.

@marietrini7784 4 жыл бұрын

I have a small tree with roots. Is it necessary for me to pull he roots I see ?

@sjgoff 5 жыл бұрын

That's what I call getting to the root of the problem. Next video should be the "conversation" between you and your wife "discussing" the tree removal.

@MelbaSee 2 жыл бұрын

Could have used your help 2 weeks ago 🤣 decided to do a garden space where we removed a small apple tree. The roots! Lots of roots. Gone now and garden space complete

@johnlawrence4213 5 жыл бұрын

Well Conner I watched and listen for a solution to roots problems growing above ground invading the turf demolishing the lawn. I read the viewer comments hoping for a good solution but to my dismay, I only learned what not to do! I am curious if I cut the large massive roots already well established above ground with a sazwall, removing the unsightly root that no harm will come to my huge tree that it supports? Doing what you are doing will prevent what I am dealing with now! Welcome thoughts and comments from others on whether to saw off the nuisance!

@randallholmes992 5 жыл бұрын

I hate to see that yard torn up like that but I know it will get better. I think your videos are awesome you are the “REEL” deal.

@teeare2367 3 жыл бұрын

I've been doing this on/off for 3 weeks. I never realized how they were the "root" cause of the dead spots in my well-maintained sod! New growth is appearing already BUT so are the big knots in my back! 😬

@wayneessar7489 5 жыл бұрын

That is very satisfying to see!

@ROKKOREX 2 жыл бұрын

its never satisfying to see a man on the edge of losing his mind IMO.

@krisrocker437 Жыл бұрын

If only the root were this thin! I have python roots and it is so difficult to cut them or take them out of the ground. Any suggestions on how I can take it out smartly out of the ground?

@Livereater 5 жыл бұрын

I just had seven huge 80 foot plus cottonwood trees removed this summer and have eliminated most of the roots as well... best decision I've made in a long time.

@mcnell311 5 жыл бұрын

RIP your savings account. I removed a couple in my day. :-)

@craig9170 5 жыл бұрын

Hello Connor, I think its time to practice your Chainsaw skills and take down those Cottonwood trees, those roots would drive me crazy trying to take over such a beautiful lawn. Thank you and I look forward to your next video. Cheers, Craig

@ChrisS1776 5 жыл бұрын

RIP your back.

@RVALawnLove 5 жыл бұрын

Chris S makes my back hurt watching the video!

@matthewbartke4424 4 жыл бұрын

Take a deep breath, keep your back straight.

@TripleWhopperWithCheese 5 жыл бұрын

Get a Sawall and cut them in sections. They will die and decay and no longer be an issue. Less work than digging them up and you dont have to tear rip the yard. Also would help to put a root barrier along the edge of the lawn. And put root barriers around those tree rings. It will send the roots downwards instead of along the surface. Otherwise all those little tress will be a huge pisser offer in the future.

@mcb0b1 5 жыл бұрын

I built on a 3 acre lot last year, and cleared an acre of trees. I have been digging out roots all summer as the yard settles and they come to the surface. I have pulled out roots 10 foots long and 6 inches in diameter. It sucks

@benharrison1069 5 жыл бұрын

If a cottonwood tree will sprout up from midroot and grow quickly into a 10 foot tree that means that whenever you cut down those existing cottonwood trees that you will also have to get every one of their roots out of your yard or else more cottonwood tree will sprout up after you think you have rid yourself of that irritation. Good luck with that project, Connor. You're going to need it.

@joeshmoe9940 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Ward Conner I agree with Chase Paulson. Dig a trench along the line of cottonwoods and kill the roots at the source. If the trees die that’s a bonus.

@grasswhisperer956 5 жыл бұрын

Joe Shmoe pretty sure he already got rid of them?

@jf4156 5 жыл бұрын

Those cottonwood trees are a frickin nightmare, it SURE would be a shame if someone came in the middle of the night, drilled holes in them and filled with roundup heh heh...

@philipsuter5461 5 жыл бұрын

Connor, feel your pain! Reminds me of the scene from Caddy Shack! Crepe myrtle's are a real pisser too!

@trevormuggeridge4560 5 жыл бұрын

Dang Connor,I feel your pain. You could try a few sessions of therapy but that might not be enough. Time for the Zen Mow.ooohhhyyyyeeeaaahhh!😁👍👍

@jackrandom4893 4 жыл бұрын

I have been doing the same thing today. Wife had cottonwoods planted which I had removed but getting shoots all over the yard. I call it the Mindflayer from "Stranger Things".

@Velvethamma 5 жыл бұрын

A couple axe wounds and triclopyr in those cottonwood trees and they’ll be history. Then they will have to come down 😉

@mteske1 5 жыл бұрын

Velvethamma this

@jbridgemiii 5 жыл бұрын

Yep, and no one would have to know...

@jbridgemiii 5 жыл бұрын

Call up city council next spring... "um, yes hello? The trees in front of my house are totally dead..."

@johnames6430 5 жыл бұрын

exactly, best thing is to pull the root up and put it in a bucket or container of Triclopyr or glyphosate. Let that soak in. Make sure you don't spill the container. I did this with some roots before I did my reno on my back lawn.

@phils3628 4 жыл бұрын

@@jbridgemiii In my town they'd probably do an autopsy, and sue me.

@dasutsangnyc1715 4 жыл бұрын

is there any machine that can remove easily?

@jasonpostma120 5 жыл бұрын

That's a pisser offer nice work keep up the great lawn

@themayor8730 5 жыл бұрын

Lmao, at my last house, my neighbor always was confused on why half his tree kept dying. This video took me back. I never felt bad for him planting cheap ass trees not met for lawns.

@hjohnprice8847 5 жыл бұрын

Are carrotwood trees similar in their spreading root systems?

@lawnrebel 5 жыл бұрын

not sure. I have not heard of those

@rfcgong1 2 жыл бұрын

One day I wanted to remove all the lawn turf from by back yard. Gardener came to do the job. But because roots of my neighbors redwood trees spread all over my yard, he said he could not do the job. I brainstormed and asked him if he had a edger with steel blades. he did and I suggested he use it on the lawn cutting down deep 5-6 inches in a criss cross pattern. Voila! It worked, the lawn and roots came up much easier. I wonder if anyone else has done this before?

@sergeybebenin 5 жыл бұрын

Careful with your back on these. I pulled my lower back doing exactly that

@helioschan7705 4 жыл бұрын

What's a safe way to do this without hurting your back?

@sergeybebenin 4 жыл бұрын

@@helioschan7705 I guess only way is to try getting on your knees, lean back, and pull with your arms as oppose to your back muscles.

@AshiStarshade 3 жыл бұрын

@@sergeybebenin Well, it is good to exercise your back muscles. Just not to exercise them more than they are capable of. As you said "Careful" with your back, not "avoid this technique entirely"!

@rfcgong1 2 жыл бұрын

I removed tree roots 1/2" to 3" in diameter using a battery powered Ryobi reciprocating saw. Cuts through dirt and roots. Mush easier than pulling by hand or pliers. The vibrations of the saw loosens up the dirts surrounding the roots. This is the easiest way and each root eliminated in a minute or less.

@nexingtoncaldwell6381 5 жыл бұрын

And I thought I was the only one doing this technique

@the-handy-fixer 5 жыл бұрын

So many “that’s what she said” moments in this video!

@ColonelK0rn1 5 жыл бұрын

As much damage as this causes to your lawn, it's oddly satisfying to watch you tear up the turf when you remove a root; very similar to those earwax removal videos.

@ROKKOREX 2 жыл бұрын

at some point you do not care about the lawn you just have to get them roots out and just when you think you've won bamm! a little tree is popping up and then its on again you start to dig the root out and your always looking down at your lawn lookin for new sprouts but it gets worse if you go to the grassy park you look for them there too or at your friends and family's homes and your neck is always sore i mean look at the poor guy..hes a few roots away from the nut house! so am i because i planted one of those trees i hate those trees..

@Young_Star 5 жыл бұрын

There goes all that leveling work. Will you need a tree service to cut the cottonwoods down? They don't look like they are close to crush anything if you chopped them down yourself. Getting a tree service would probably be cheaper than throwing your back out hunched over pulling roots.

@bradtindell902 3 жыл бұрын

You should try a B'root Bar. Cut the roots and leave them to rot under the ground and not destroy your lawn.

@johnames6430 5 жыл бұрын

This is why it's worthwhile when doing a reno to rent a Dingo and till the whole area. Sure it's around $500 to rent but in the long run it saves you a lot of trouble.

@MWall711 5 жыл бұрын

Ohhh yeeeaaahhhh!!!

@ReelLowDad 5 жыл бұрын

Looks like you absorbed a bit of Florida man with your visit to Allyn’s.

@Havok781 5 жыл бұрын

The cotton woods have to go. Channel you inner Paul Bunyan and go crazy. When your town ask what happen just say "forgot to take my meds"😀

@jshyne213 5 жыл бұрын

Get the right tool for the job they make power root trimmers that have minimal effects on the turf. They are basically saws that cut the root and leave small slits in the turf.

@achilleasvasdekis9265 4 жыл бұрын

Ah, the fullness I experience when he's pulling the root out of his lawn. Like a removal of a piece of meat that stubbornly stuck between teeth. Like a nose booger that is longer than expected when pulled out. Like a top secret confession...

@ROKKOREX 2 жыл бұрын

sometimes i wish the booger was even longer as i pull it out and realize its gonna be a long one but they always break away to my disappointment

@JEK 5 жыл бұрын

That was brutal to watch. You are like a groundskeeper after a football game with all that chewed up turf. Your Yankees are looking pretty good tonight.

@lawnrebel 5 жыл бұрын

Yep. I'm watching right now

@jeremyswatkins4805 5 жыл бұрын

In the famous words of Allyn Hayne, "Connor, you treat your yard like an old pair of blue jeans."

@lawnrebel 5 жыл бұрын

Yes I do. Tough love

@marcusfloyded8388 3 жыл бұрын

What kind of grass it that

@lawnrebel 3 жыл бұрын

Kentucky bluegrass

@dylan8285 5 жыл бұрын

To free one of my irrigation heads I had to cut a 10in diameter root and rise it up and put pvc pipe around it took me like 3 hours. if I put it off another year it would have smooched the head and its only a 15 year old maple tree

@Kricket1025 5 жыл бұрын

That's a real pisser-offer....

@heavymechanic2 5 жыл бұрын

OCD.. I need an excavator to pull the roots out of my yard.

@coltodell1043 5 жыл бұрын

Have you ever thought about putting concrete curbing around the whole yard to get a nice clean edge by the road?

@lawnrebel 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah. The city would never go for that. That is their property.

@coltodell1043 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome lawn though one of the best I’ve ever seen

@embalmed 5 жыл бұрын

I'll be looking forward to a stump burning party in a few years

@broth_78 5 жыл бұрын

Check out them roots John Perry!!

@jayfirebaugh 5 жыл бұрын

Man! That is brutal! Don't pull your back out!

@ck4269 5 жыл бұрын

It's like Dr. Pimple popper. LAWN CARE STYLE

@justinmonroe9066 5 жыл бұрын

1:22 You got everybody.

@ajevox 5 жыл бұрын

Make Lawns Great Again

@markpr73 3 жыл бұрын

I’m going through this as we speak, only my issue is with runners produced by the maple tree in my front yard. The HOA is up my butt about the thinness of my lawn, and I’m reseeding it in the worst areas. But God DAMN, these runners are like some insidious Chinese puzzle. You find a bunch of smaller ones running in and out of each other and, once you start freeing up a couple, they all start gradually loosening up until you find the main root they’re running off of. Up til THAT point it’s NO FUN! I HATE the friggin’ HOA!!!

@Zebrahead6000 5 жыл бұрын

There's a saying that comes to mind when it comes to your Cottonwood tree issue. "It's easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission." If it were me, I'd chainsaw those pisser-offers down. You live in a nice looking friendly looking mormon-esque area. I highly doubt city council/Law-Enforcement will pursue any sort of punishment if you do it. Love your vids Connor, keep it up. Just curious, how did you like the 13 essentials?

@BelgianBillie 5 жыл бұрын

This is such bad advice. Tree law is the worst. Cut down a tree often has 10-50k fines on them.

@jed8553 5 жыл бұрын

I think Connor is more concerned about his wife than city council or law enforcement. Happy wife =happy life.....

@TheBegby71 5 жыл бұрын

Poison

@lawnrebel 5 жыл бұрын

J ed.... Bingo

@angiejordan6454 4 жыл бұрын

Those roots are babies compared to mine, but it was nice watching...

@FatHouse13 4 жыл бұрын

This made my back hurt watching it

@guillermomercado1902 5 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of when I was a kid with pimples. You just keep digging and making it worse.

@peterv6705 4 жыл бұрын

Trees are still great in your garden but next time choose a tree that has more vertical developing roots instead of horizontal. Keeps your tree and lawn best friends!

@andrewgerhard2528 5 жыл бұрын

Remove a ring of bark around the base of the tree and that should prevent the nutrients from traveling to the rest of the it. No more tree equals no more annoying roots!

@sun9912 5 жыл бұрын

Dam roots

@TrophyDad 5 жыл бұрын

Man, I wonder if there's some way to prevent the roots from doing

@TripleWhopperWithCheese 5 жыл бұрын

Put a root barrier along the edge of the lawn.

@julianljackson 5 жыл бұрын

Got Chainsaw?

@ROKKOREX 2 жыл бұрын

poor guy he is losing it.. i feel his pain so am i i too am battling a tree root problem i hate that tree i planted for years ago and it hates me its like the nightmare that never ends.. help! p.s. he said thats where he was gonna stop when the camera went off he really got to pulling roots up like a mad man i know because im doing the same thing! omg!

@theyardfreako 5 жыл бұрын

I told my neighbor the instant I see his aspens (a fancy word for Cottonwoods) start throwing their roots into my lawn, I'm drilling a hole into the roots and pouring glyphosate

@lawnrebel 5 жыл бұрын

Wait.... Your back?

@lawnrebel 5 жыл бұрын

Gonna grow the mustache back? Forget the good old airforce mustache days. Do it

@theyardfreako 5 жыл бұрын

I never left, just had to go quiet. Feel free to email me and I’ll fill ya in. Theyardfreako@gmail.com

@theyardfreako 5 жыл бұрын

It is fall. Fall is the time for mustaches haha.

@ermatt100 5 жыл бұрын

That’s how I feel about arborvitae’s.

@lawnrebel 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah those are not the most beautiful looking tree. Those at least serve a purpose being a privacy hedge.

@davidbarron8706 5 жыл бұрын

What kind of tree is by your driveway with the dalhias? Ohhhhh yeah!

@lawnrebel 5 жыл бұрын

Autumn blaze maple tree.

@SteveManCentral 5 жыл бұрын

Just be careful doing that. That's a sure fire way to throw your back out. Throw'er out! XD

@justingeorge1611 5 жыл бұрын

instead of cutting those trees down and risking fines. How about girdling them, inconspicuously with a thin kerf saw... just an idea...The amount of work cleaning up after cottonwoods year round is a serious job..take them out

@pestandlawnginja 5 жыл бұрын

Surfacing tree roots hurt my feel goods

@lawnrebel 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah. They suck. I'm sure that you are all too familiar with them. Here is a challenge for you.. (you better accept the challenge). Shave your beard and leave your mustache. Shave it into a sweet handlebar mustache. Huh? Challenge accepted?

@pestandlawnginja 5 жыл бұрын

@@lawnrebel bahahahahaha. I'll get a picture.

@yungstarjc4094 5 жыл бұрын

I cant watch you destroy that beautiful lawn!!!!

@KenRobinsonchannel 5 жыл бұрын

I cringe seeing that beautiful turf separate and lift as you pull those darn roots out 😥😥😥

@billbrandon5936 5 жыл бұрын

i thought you knocked those trees down???

@michaeltech7506 5 жыл бұрын

Get some chain and your 4 wheeler/truck and pull.

@brian7908 5 жыл бұрын

I’d soak that root in a jug of glyphosate concentrate for a bit before I totally removed it.

@jacobmorris9862 5 жыл бұрын

Real pisser offer

@Nappylelene 4 жыл бұрын

That was too easy. I got big ass roots

@nessxsavior 4 жыл бұрын

*team trees hated that*

@andrewkennedy9704 5 жыл бұрын

The root of all evil.😆

@teeare2367 3 жыл бұрын

😂🤣😅

@Bigeasy43 3 жыл бұрын

take the tree also. More roots in the future.

@dpiddy022 5 жыл бұрын

the noise of that poor turf ripping 😭😭😭

@julianpe4620 5 жыл бұрын

Cut the threes down.

@swimbait1 5 жыл бұрын

If you go to ear, there’s going to be some casualties. In this case the casualty is your lawn. It would be too bad if something was accidentally spilled around those trees wink wink.

@thirtythousandpages 4 жыл бұрын

I would never try this without work gloves.

@mikewest712 5 жыл бұрын

Get a sawzall all brother.

@MetroDET2011 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe just take a shovel and chop randomly in the turf so the roots are cut and will die

@lawnrebel 5 жыл бұрын

Ha.... Yeah that sounds simple. Those roots and trees are like the wicked witch of the west. They will pop up and rear their ugly head after just about anything you can dish out to it.