Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Oct 06, 2010 3:17 pm hi all, I have a "street tree" put in by the council. The label says liquidambar, or american sweet gum since i googled it. My question to you all is will the roots grow big and invade my house? or get down and destroy the concrete house pad? The label says it will growm between 10-30m tall, and have a trunk width of 2m. Thats going to be a big tree! I like the tree, but if its going to destroy my house i'd sooner rip it out before it gets big! Thanks! Re: street tree 2Oct 06, 2010 4:01 pm liquid amber is a beautiful tree. Had one next to my old house but the house was raised from the ground so no damage there. The footpath next to it was raised and when we decided to demolish and had it cut down all the yard started shooting little liquid ambers - what's the distance from the tree to your new house? Preliminary agreement 23/11 Contract 22/03 Prestart 06/04 - finalised on 30/04 Unconditional approval 10/05 Demolition 05/07 Slab 26/08 Brickwork 13/09-06/10 Roof frame started 07/10 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32292 Re: street tree 3Oct 06, 2010 7:37 pm Unusual for council to plant such a large tree! They will take a very long time to grow though. Not sure whether they will grow well enough where you are. They might have got a batch for cheap or something. Re: street tree 4Oct 06, 2010 9:40 pm sorry, i thought it was the council, have just been corrected by my husband apparently it was put there by the developer, cedar woods. It is about 4 metres from the front of the house approximately 1.5m tall at this stage and looking very green and healthy! does that mean i can just leave it and it will be ok? i really do like it, just dont want it to cause damage. Re: street tree 5Oct 06, 2010 10:20 pm Our neighbour behind us has two of them. They are both HUGE. They provide beautiful shade in the winter, great colours in the autumn and LOTS of fodder for the compost bins I can't report on any invasive roots. One is around 2 - 3 meters from our boundary, and there is no noticable damage to the fence. Re: street tree 6Oct 06, 2010 10:35 pm Any tree produces roots approximately 2-3 times the radius of the canopy. At 10 m high with good foliage. This will be under your slab. Re: street tree 7Oct 06, 2010 10:45 pm I would contact an Arborist who can do a consult and management plan for you. 4m is bloody close for a tree of that size but I am not an Arborist. There is a name that comes up often as someone who is highly recommended. Bowden I think his name is. I have his number somewhere. Re: street tree 8Oct 06, 2010 10:47 pm Arborists are only just beginning to learn what tree roots do and how they grow and develop. I had the pleasure of talking with Kings Parks Arborist Jeremy Thomas last year and he is someone who just gets the passion for trees going in even the most antio tree people A wonderful bloke who is happy to pass on knowledge so more people enjoy trees and so does the environment Re: street tree 9Nov 18, 2010 9:13 am hey all, thought i would drag up this thread rather than create a new one. No problems with the tree growing huge.... the tree is dying! the leaves are all curled up and are starting to turn brown and fall off. any explanations for this? it gets watered 2 days a week, 3 x a day with a dripper system. i had it watered one day a week, but since the leaves curled up i thought i would increase the water supply? heck i even gave it a dose of seasol and molasses to try and bring it back! any info is appreciated. Re: street tree 11Nov 18, 2010 1:40 pm hahaha lex anything is possible! but we all have them, no one elses seems to be dying though. i really dont understand it. if it dies, its my responsibility to replace the thing! i'd be happy to have no tree there. maybe just a ******* tree put in in the first place? Re: street tree 15Nov 18, 2010 6:19 pm Acording to a very credible source, One of Australia's best Arborists, tree roots don't like to go under slabs as the soil is too compacted. They will prefer the softer disturbed soils of utilities ditches or undisturbed soil areas. Far less work and easier to get nutrients and moisture elsewhere. Yes they can go under a slab, but are far more likely not too. It is really only the really big trees that may do this. He says the areas roots cover is not something guided by a rule of thumb as many trees have different growth habits under the ground. 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