Re: Tree causing subsidence

On Mar 14, 10:56 pm, Bill <B...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In message <_X_Jh.1604$Kk5.1...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ian henden
<i...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes

Your tree is drawing several tens (hundreds?) of gallons of water from the
soil,

An interesting idea, but over what time period? Minutes, hours, days or
how long?

has been doing so consistantly for well over ten years, and there is
an overall "balance" in the moisture content of the soil.

Remove the tree, and what is going to happen to all that water?

:o)

--
Bill

I'm no tree expert but I didn't think that cherry trees grew very big.
The house must be very close to the tree if it is causing the
subsidence.

Kevin

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