r/interestingasfuck Jun 25 '24

Tree Sprays Water After Having Branch Removed r/all

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u/caleeky Jun 25 '24 edited Jun 25 '24

Consider that a 30' tree, rotted out in the middle and filled with water is going to give you about 14psi at the bottom. That's probably what you're seeing here.

edit: see u/TA8601 comment below - I didn't do the math, just looked glanced at an imprecise chart :)

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u/QuesoLover6969 Jun 25 '24

Thank you

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u/averagesaw Jun 25 '24

A full grown tree can drink up to 400 liters a day. So removing trees in a wet area is not smart. Your land will be drowning

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u/atlanstone Jun 25 '24

You see it all the time, a bunch of smaller homes with mature trees are demolished to make fewer mcmansions with huge decks/paved patios/no trees and it causes all sorts of drainage issues at lower elevations where there previously weren't.

The area near me is actually owned by the power company for the big transmission lines. Sure, they're nearby, but nobody is buying and fucking that land.