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I'm trying to work out how close I can plant a wind break to a garden. The garden faces south and the trees will be on the southern edge on a fairly steep slope.

 

My main concern is the roots robbing the garden of too many nutrients and moisture but I don't know how much of a problem this will be. If the garden is about 3 foot higher than the tree will the roots grow up the slope? I assume they will but if I raised the garden so in effect it was about 6 foot above the base of trees will the roots grow that high?

 

I can plant the trees further away but due to the slope they will need to grow much higher to be an effective wind break.

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I've been growing fruit amongst alder trees for several years now. I'm not keen on planting root crops through the roots though (too much work) and for the veg patch I'll have plenty of compost for the nitrogen.

 

I could put in some sort of barrier but don't know if it's required - hence the question.

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If I put in a barrier wouldn't I still need to know how much the roots could grow up to know how deep to put a barrier?

 

By the sounds of it I'll have to go for planting the trees further away.

 

 

Sorry if I missed it, but how far do you want to currently plant the trees?

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