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  • HI Amy, I have 3 young live oaks (~6-8ft) in my backyard and I try to keep a mulched ring around the base. The lawn around them is bermuda. The bermuda is winning the battle more recently. My impression is that the bermuda would rob the trees of water and nutrients. Is this really a problem? Should I give up and let the bermuda grow under these trees or is there something I can do to block the bermuda? Thanks! Rachell San Marcos, TX

    3/17/200811:10:19 AM Link 0 comments | Add comment

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    Rachell,

    If you want to block the Bermuda from around the trees you can purchase steel edging and make a good size ring around the tree. The Bermuda will not rob the tree of any nutrients, the roots of the tree will always move toward healthier soils. But if you use the steel edging and mulch around the trees it should hinder the Bermuda's growth around the trees.

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