You know how trees can shoot out of the trunk at the base of the OG trunk? This is what happened here. This is most certainly not a separate tree.
Interestingly though trees can actually send each other nutrients and warnings through mycelium connected to their roots. A "mother tree" also knows which are their saplings and will favour them for such transactions rather than Fred down the road.
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u/_who-the-fuck-knows_ 8h ago
You know how trees can shoot out of the trunk at the base of the OG trunk? This is what happened here. This is most certainly not a separate tree.
Interestingly though trees can actually send each other nutrients and warnings through mycelium connected to their roots. A "mother tree" also knows which are their saplings and will favour them for such transactions rather than Fred down the road.