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This article is about draining the soil around cesspools - but this is just a special case. Naturally, at the expense of plants, it is possible to drain the territory not only near the cesspools, but even if the site or its some are in the lowlands and suffer from heavy rains or snowmelt in spring or very high groundwater levels (UGV).
Rapid drainage of the territory and soil (as they like to call now - bio-drainage) is more than real if you choose the right varieties of trees and shrubs.
Let me start with a theory from a school biology course, just a few paragraphs :-)))
Transpiration - the process of transporting water through a plant with its subsequent evaporation through external organs (leaves, stems, etc.).
This process is the physiology of the plant and its protection from overheating. The inflow of water is carried out intensively through the root system to the external organs, followed by evaporation.
Of the total volume of transported water, only a small part of it is used for plant growth, the rest of the water is evaporated. The fact is that for each plant the rate of water absorption is different and ranges from 10 to 600 liters per day, in DAY!
And our main task is to choose and plant plants with the maximum metabolic rate, which I will tell you about later. Most landscape designers know about this, they just don't publicize it.
The lion's share of such plants are perennials, which belong to the group of trees and shrubs and are able to drain the soil within a radius of 7-12 meters around them due to their root system. Such plants are like powerful natural pumps and moisture evaporators. Of course, the transpiration process works in full force when the tree has already reached a mature age, but many of the crops below reach it relatively quickly.
Plants transporting the maximum amount of water per day through themselves:
Bird cherry - always grows near water bodies and can be planted on a site near a cesspool. Evaporates water from 150 to 250 liters per day.
Birch tree - a beautiful solution for decorating a site, and even more useful: it absorbs 200 liters of water per day.
Spruce - the root system is located very close to the surface. If it has taken root, then it has a very strong endurance in floods or droughts. Absorbs through itself: 100-150 liters / day. (10-year-old spruce - 250-300 liters / day)
Oak - 250 liters / day (Century oak - 600 l / day)
Pine - 150 liters / day
Beech - 100 liters / day (Century beech - 250 l / day)
Ash - 400 l. / Day
Hornbeam, eucalyptus - up to 300 liters / day
Fir - up to 50 liters / day
Norway maple - 250 liters / day
Willow, poplar - 120 - 270 l. / Day
Agree that this is a completely simple measure - to plant a couple of such trees near a cesspool (5-10 meters away) and forget about pumping out forever!
I really hope that the article was useful to you!
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