• Tar_Alcaran
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    237 months ago

    Doesn’t a root system have a single point of connection in the stem/trunk/whatever?

    • @[email protected]
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      127 months ago

      Depends on the plant. Some plants, like plum or fig trees, have a lot of suckers poking out of the ground and putting up shoots. If they get disconnected from the rest of the roots they keep on growing.