Yew Tree Root Chop?

miyagi

Here is a close up of a yew tree i have that was bought as a hedging plant. It is big enough to make a nice shonin out of. My problem is that it was planted by the nursery as most nursery trees are with a lot of trunk under the soil. The parts circled in green have formed very nice roots which seem flexible enough to train flat. I would like to know if it would be safe to cut of the excess trunk circled in red. There must be alot of original roots at the bottom and i have no idea if the tree will handle losing them in one go. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Miyagi

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It's not a good idea to cut large roots from the top down. Better to cut them from the bottom up as you repot. Then you can see what you're doing.

Sometimes it's best taken in stages, otherwise you can remove a large root if you can see it doesn't have a lot of feeder roots attached. It also gives you an opportunity to balance the foliage with the available root.

If you just cut it, sight unseen, you won't know whether it was supporting half the tree or only a bit.

Regards,

Matt

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