Just moved into a home that has a huge cedar that the previous owners dug around when levelling there back yard. Should we have the tree cut down as the roots are all exposed and from what I gather the root depth on these trees is rather shallow. Apparently this has been like this for a few years. I am concerned we are going to have a wind storm and this thing will fall on our house or our neighbors.
Get a professional ISA-registered arboricultural consultant to examine the tree in person. It'll cost a bit, but you'll get far more reliable advice than can be offered by anyone looking at small pics on the internet. The tree is a Western Redcedar Thuja plicata, not a cedar Cedrus.
It might also make more sense to post this somewhere other than the indoor & greenhouse plant subforum, unless you were thinking about moving the tree indoors.
Thanks MichaelF. I actually did have an arborist come out to look at our trees when we first moved in and he didn't seem concerned about this particular tree. Since then, we have had many people make comments regarding how dangerous it appeared to them (not professionals, just people commenting) so I began to second guess the arborist (you can second guess your Dr. so why couldn't you second guess an arborist was my thinking). Anyway, in searching on the internet I came across this site and thought maybe someone could shed some light (without it costing me another bill). Mr. Subjuntive - my apologies as I do not know how I was placed under this thread - nor have I ever submitted to a forum so did not know exactly what I was doing. I would suggest you maybe change your name to Mr.Condescending and perhaps search articles on how you could maybe work on improving yourself. Thank you
My apologies. I was actually aiming for funny, not condescending. (Obviously I missed.) It's not uncommon for posts to wind up in the wrong forums; normally they get moved to more appropriate spots by one of the moderators; I didn't notice that you were new so I figured you would already be aware of that and take it as gentle/teasing-type humor. No harm was intended, and I'm sorry.
