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jamesgangnc wrote:

On Dec 13, 12:17*am, Edward Reid
wrote:
On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:06:55 -0500, jeff wisnia

wrote:
How deep wuz that tee?

Probably 18" to the bottom, which is where the roots entered. Possibly
a little less. It was only about 3' from a Chinese elm, which most
likely made the contribution.

Edward

When I put any joint in that corrugaed stuff somewhere near plants I
surround it with some concrete. Otherwise you do get this. Plants
are good at finding water since that's what they do for a living :-)

Technically speaking, plants don't "find" water, they just make use of
the water they stumble across. Roots don't explore, they exploit.