Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Root barriers and septic drain fields, 1 by jugglerguy

jugglerguy wrote:
Here's a picture of the situation. The maple to the left of the rock was girdled by voles two winters ago and will probably have finished up it's dying by this spring. It didn't look too good the last two summers. I'm thinking of replacing it with a paper bark maple. The river birches are 15-20 feet from the drain field. The soil is sandy under about six inches of topsoil. There is water in the ditch almost all summer long.

Escambiaguy - I've read that oaks aren't too bad near drainfields, but that trees like maples and birches (especially river birch) are bad. I just think the tree looks really good by the rock, so I ignored my better judgement and planted it anyway.

Thanks for the advice,
Rob