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Tree roots in the drainfield pipes of the system, the septic tank itself, which was

House built 30 years before and one which employed a home made septic tank. In this photo the light and excavated area is where the new home owner saw and dug intoĪ smelly wet spot that appeared in the yard the morning after moving into their new home - a OPINION: keep shrubs with a “known” root travel distance 25% farther than that distance from the edge of a drainfield. Watch out: the extra levels of nutrients delivered to the soils by the drainfield may attract roots from nearby trees or shrubs and cause them to travel farther than usual.

If you have a shrub for which you have reliable knowledge about the maximum extent its roots will normally reach, you might think it’d be ok to plant it exactly that distance from the nearest drainfield trench. Real trees will damage septic components by root movement or clogging. Even the placement of this "tree" could have damaged a septic field if during its installation heavy equipment was used to deliver the tree to this spot. This is the only sort of tree that we suggest can be placed over septic system components with little risk of Guide to Planting Trees or Shrubs Near or Over Septic Absorption Systems Wee SEWAGE CONTAMINANTS in FRUIT / VEGETABLES for details. Watch out: While not all sewage or septic system effluents will always make nearby fruits or vegetables unsafe, in at least some conditions planting fruit trees, or vegetables (or anything else edible) over the septic drainfield might produce food that is unsafe to either because watering or rain splash-up sends sewage-contaminated water droplets onto the surface of the edible fruits or vegetables OR because in some cases pathogens may enter the plant system by means of its roots. Planting Guidelines for Septic Drainfields, Mounds, Raised Beds, Septic Tanks and other Septic Components

We also provide an ARTICLE INDEX for this topic, or you can try the page top or bottom SEARCH BOX as a quick way to find information you need. Planting trees, shrubs, and even some ground covers over septic system components are causes of septic system failure in the drain field, leach field, seepage bed, or similar components. This article describes the types of trees, shrubs, or similar plants that should or should not be planted over or near septic fields or other septic system components. Guide to Planting Trees or Shrubs Over or Near Septic System or Sewer Lines: We have no relationship with advertisers, products, or services discussed at this website. InspectAPedia tolerates no conflicts of interest.