Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1917 — Street Tree Roots Near Surface. [ARTICLE]

Street Tree Roots Near Surface.

Nearly- all street tree roots are found within two feet of the surface. Seldom are conditions favorable for deeper delving. Soils should be prepared so that roots mny penetrate to any depth, but conditions must be inviting. Air must freely penetrate beyond the root gone, and there dynamite and wash sand down Into, the rent and cracked soil that it not again close up solid.