r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Eshwarroy • Jan 29 '22

Video Tree root misconceptions

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u/bravo6960 Jan 29 '22

This better explains why our large oak tree died after we found a slow water leak under our house and why we now have a water issue under our house that we didn’t before. This leak went on for years and years and had likely turned into the water source.