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re: So I'm guessing lightning kilt my tree(Pic included)

Posted on 8/7/12 at 9:17 am to
Posted by YOURADHERE
Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 8/7/12 at 9:17 am to
I planned on hand whittling toothpicks out of the entire thing. What sucks is it's in a group of 6 trees in the front yard so a missing tree out of the group would look retarded. I might reattach the bark and see if it'll heal itself.


ETA: It's not close to the house or in any danger of falling on anything except the other trees.
This post was edited on 8/7/12 at 9:18 am
Posted by TexasTiger
Katy TX
Member since Sep 2003
5328 posts
Posted on 8/7/12 at 9:20 am to
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It's not close to the house or in any danger of falling on anything except the other trees.


thats good now you just have to worry about it getting infested with beetles or some other crap and it effecting the other 5 trees.
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
Member since Feb 2008
84267 posts
Posted on 8/7/12 at 9:21 am to
quote:

I might reattach the bark and see if it'll heal itself.


use Elmer's glue, it's organic, which is safer for the tree

the process of homogenieting is slow, but it should work
Posted by Nodust
Member since Aug 2010
22657 posts
Posted on 8/7/12 at 9:26 am to
There could be some parts of the tree survive. If you see some green branches in two weeks that is the part that survived.

Not likely since all the bark got detached from the trunk. Very likely all the sap got boiled out of the trunk.
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