 Re: Planting distance from septic drain fields
For the record I'd like to clear this matter up.
Palms have vast root systems, easily travelling well beyong their canopy and from experience I can say travelling easily 15' away from the tree.
The thinking that they have some small root balls most likely comes from people who dig them out and transplant them, you can be a lot more brutal with palms compared to trees when transplanting.
However their roots do travel.
I dont think there's any set distance however installation of a root barrier could be the solution. Palm roots are less likely to break pipes and things as they are fibrous roots ... they will access and grow through a small hole in a pipe but wont expand that hole like a thickening tree root. However once inside the pipe they'll thicken up and clog it.
Hope this helps.
Last edited by Ekka : 30th January 2008 at 10:56 PM.
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