ShawnFL
New Member
Hi all,
Awesome site and glad I found it. I'm in Naples, FL and as you probably know we took a direct hit from Irma. There are an enormous amount of trees down. Our house and family are ok thankfully. I've had a couple downed trees that I've taken care of but I have some big 50+ foot trees that are leaning and roots exposed from the ground. I tried to do a search through the site on leaning trees/oaks and it appears ever circumstance is different.
My question is, based on these pictures, I'm assuming the trees are ok and can be saved? I've heard advice from one company to top the trees and strategically trim some weight from the way it's leaning. Is this good advice? Should I try to cable or try to help the tree roots (they used to be under ground)? We back up to a pond so the ground is fairly soft and saturated with water.
Thanks in advance for the help!
Awesome site and glad I found it. I'm in Naples, FL and as you probably know we took a direct hit from Irma. There are an enormous amount of trees down. Our house and family are ok thankfully. I've had a couple downed trees that I've taken care of but I have some big 50+ foot trees that are leaning and roots exposed from the ground. I tried to do a search through the site on leaning trees/oaks and it appears ever circumstance is different.
My question is, based on these pictures, I'm assuming the trees are ok and can be saved? I've heard advice from one company to top the trees and strategically trim some weight from the way it's leaning. Is this good advice? Should I try to cable or try to help the tree roots (they used to be under ground)? We back up to a pond so the ground is fairly soft and saturated with water.
Thanks in advance for the help!