Had a bad storm pass through last night, and woke up to our Monterrey Oak blown over. Any chance this is savable?
by RobMasterFletch
Had a bad storm pass through last night, and woke up to our Monterrey Oak blown over. Any chance this is savable?
by RobMasterFletch
12 Comments
Yes, there’s still a great chance, if most of the primary roots are still underground and haven’t suffered a complete break, there’s great hope, But if most of the main roots are torn, the mission’ll be difficult. It must be returned to its upright position as soon as possible, and you’ll need to stabilize it with at least three strong stakes and sturdy ropes for a full year until new roots grow to anchor it in the ground.
I agree. Put it up quick and buy some proper stakes to hold it upright for a long while. Also water deep since the roots got moved, it’ll help them recover quicker.
As long as the roots are intact and not badly damage.
The story didn’t blow it over. This fell because it was grown poorly at the nursery and/or was planted too deep. This caused the roots and trunk flare to be stunted. The tree got heavier than the roots could support.
Any one with a back and some supplies can stake this tree back up. But it won’t be SAVED. It will forever rely on the supports that humans install. The next time it falls, it will be a bigger tree and a bigger issue.
If you’re not prepared to keep this tree on ever-increasing supports, then you should strongly consider installing a new small tree properly now.
Mulch ring wasn’t doing it any favors
Your tree was planted poorly,and therefore grew a root structure of frailty. You mulched up to the trunk and provided a barrier which inhibited further root structure. Everything that could be seen as sabotage or negligence to a new planting was done with this specimen. This is not savable. Do over with bareroot seedlings from your state run nursery. Watch a visual guide on planting and mulching correctly, or hire an arborist. Good luck
This is an opportunity to move what in 10 years will be too close to the foundation. Move it so that the mature crown won’t touch the house. Roots need the same space.
Before anything check the root flare for us ..
Regards..
yes. Trim it at the same time.
A tree this size shouldn’t just oh golly haha gosh it like fell over gee whiz!!!!!11. There’s a reason it fell over.
IMHO from here, with limited information, it looks to me (like Nick) like it was improperly planted – and why are there so few roots radiating out from the trunk – was this consumed as a large tree and the roots weren’t spread out?
Anyway, don’t blame the storm, from here.
I would remove most of the foliage but leave some of the lower branches on so it’s not transpiring too much and putting stress on what little roots remain intact.
Stand it up and stake it down in place. There’s a great chance it will grow again and be good. Keep it staked for a year to allow the new roots to take hold. In the Houston area we have a lot of trees that get blown over. When they are young there are heat possibilities.