I’m certainly not a specialist here, but I think it depends on the tree. The Redwoods didn’t generate enough ground water to saturate more than a quarter inch

I’m certainly not a specialist here, but I think it depends on the tree. The Redwoods didn’t generate enough ground water to saturate more than a quarter inch of soil, so I think they must be able to use the water more directly in their leaves and branches. So it might not be that you can just plant a bunch of trees that aren’t adapted to getting their water from fog, but it might be possible to build “tree like” fog water capture systems instead of fine mesh nets. Then again, maybe not. I was mostly surprised by seeing the fog capture up close and how efficient it was.