We are having heavy rains, and I have been hearing a lot of people loosing their trees around or even ON their homes because of the amount of rain coming down. Is their any one who knows the signs of what to look for before a tree is going to fall? I would not be happy seeing these 50 ft trees in my back yard on my home this year.
2006-11-11 10:38:35 · 5 answers · asked by oregonnymph 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Unless they get struck by lightning or snap from the force of the wind the older trees are unlikely to fall.
The ones that get uprooted are the younger ones with roots that are more shallow. They tend to tip out of the ground and crash down in one piece after the rains make the soil they are in very soft..
2006-11-11 10:42:47 · answer #1 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer to this lies in the heavy rainfall. It has nothing to do with the health of the tree. Quite simply, the soil around the root structure is giving way.
I have seen people try "skirting" the trees but I don't know how successful they were. Come to think of it, those trees are still standing so it must have worked. The idea is to try to keep the soil around the rootball as dry as possible. Moist to wet is ok; flooded is not.
So, they take visqueen sheet plastic (from the hardware store - painter's aisle), tape it to the tree trunk, and spread it out as far as the outermost upper leaves (the root is thought to be close to as big as the above ground structure). It's called "the fall line". Stake the outer edges of the visqueen down for the winds.
If you rob the soil of the direct rain volume of water, it may be enough to keep the soil from collapsing around the roots.
2006-11-12 00:26:38 · answer #2 · answered by James H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, how old are the trees? What types of trees? Do they have a shallow root base or a deep root base? If the tree is healthy and has a well established root system, is not leaning in any direction it should be okay. We also get lots of rain and both our hard wood and soft wood trees are still standing. A tree will come down or be weaker if it is not in good health.
2006-11-11 19:51:43 · answer #3 · answered by ve1luv 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can tell but hard to describe... Is the tree branch(or any of its branches) longer and heaver than others(that is to say, somewhat out of proportion)..... Is the tree leaning inordantly? Those are some of the telltale signs
2006-11-11 18:41:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess it would be the direction......
2006-11-11 18:41:25 · answer #5 · answered by pikeruss 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋