Re: tree damage
- Subject: Re: [SG] tree damage
- From: M* T*
- Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 18:34:11 -0500
You know, lightening could easily be the culprit. Should have
thought of that myself, as I've had a few trees hit and it does tend
to tear off strips of bark. It is possible for it to hit anywhere on
a tree, really, doesn't have to be the top.
Think what you need to do is check it out come spring and see if it
is leafing out all over the crown. If it does, then it is probably
OK and will heal the tear in the bark. If you find big chunks of
crown not leafing out normally, think you may need to get a tree
surgeon in to look at it as there could be internal damage it won't
recover from or it could need some major pruning to save it.....if
you want to. Wild cherries are sorta weed trees in my book:-)
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Nancy Stedman <stedman@RCN.COM>
>
> It's just a strip about eight inches wide at its biggest. It starts
below
> the beginning of a main branch and then goes several feet up the
branch. And
> I do vaguely recall finding a big strip of bark in the driveway
this summer,
> but I thought it came from the various other trees that have
teetered over
> and leaned on each other.
> I like the lightning theory, though it would have struck half-way
up the
> tree and not at its top. Is that possible? One night last summer
the thunder
> was so close to our house that our china was rattling on the
shelves.
> Nancy
