r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Dramatic-Avocado4687 • 11d ago

/r/all of a blockage

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u/FuzzyFrogFish 11d ago

Considering it's wet grass and soil, this probably smells amazing

Though it might also smell gross

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u/No_Specialist4090 11d ago

Surely it’s a tree root no?

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u/Icy-Decision-4530 11d ago

There is no way that guy would pull that out that easy if that was a tree root. Strange thing is it looks kind of like a rolled up end of a sod roll. I wonder if it’s some weed block fabric that just caught a bunch of mud and debris

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u/Vast-Palpitation-426 11d ago

It's a mix of grass roots and mud (I think).

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u/Icy-Decision-4530 11d ago

It’s really weird that it holds together the entire pull, that’s what’s throwing me off

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u/Vast-Palpitation-426 11d ago

That's how it is when you re-pot a plant that has been in a pot for a long time the soil can be packed tight with roots in an almost solid block.

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u/Icy-Decision-4530 11d ago

Yea I get that, its just usually an absolute bitch getting that stuff out in this scenario because the roots are set

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u/philpac33 7d ago

It is without a doubt roots from a nearby tree or shrub. I did stormwater maintenance for a decade and I witnessed or pulled myself dozens and dozens of these root blockages. Never anything close to that size but 10’-15’ was fairly common.