Garden tree roots sprouting shoots, any advice?

 
I've got a small-ish (30ft) beech tree in my front garden right in the
middle
of the lawn. Apart from occasional trimming of the branches it's
been fine for
the first 2 years I've been in my house, but in the last
month or two I've had a
couple of shoots start coming through the lawn.


I mowed them a couple of times and they came back so I decided I've
have to make
a slight mess of the lawn and dig them up, when I
discovered they are actually
sprouting out of some of the main tree's
roots (I am sure I give away my limited
gardening expertise when I say
that I didn't even know that could happen!)

What is my best course of action? Should I try and sever the roots that
are
causing the problems, or will that damage the tree itself? Is there
some
treatment I can apply? I don't really want to lose the tree, but
the shoots are
making my lawn look terrible. Any advice?




--
Clean Rob

 On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:11:27 +0100, Clean Rob


I had a sourwood tree next to my garden cut down 3 years ago.  I am
still cutting off the shoots that sprout in the lawn and garden.
Severing roots can be harmful if you want to keep the tree healthy,
but around here beech trees grow like weeds and trimming seems to have
very little effect.