how do you cure a tree that has been struck by lightening?

Answer 1

The only reason there is no hope for a tree struck by lightening is that the lightening has caused all the damage possible the moment it struck,every part of the tree would be damaged from tip to root ,as the electric current passed through the tree.it has destroyed every living cell.Hard to come to terms with this loss,painful but true.

Answer 2

I've had experience with two different species of mature trees that were struck by lightening. They both died. The reason is, the energy from the strike damages all the cells in the tree. You may just see one branch damaged but the whole tree was electrified down to the roots.

Answer 3

sorry to hear that lightening hit a tree of yours.

Unfortunately, what the others say is true. A good lightening hit stresses a tree severely.

a few yrs ago, I took down a mature elm for an elderly lady. the tree took a direct hit , and had many branches felled when I seen it. the Elm itself was whole ,but you could tell something had happened . It looked like the way an AIDS patient , or someone with hepatitis looked: jaundiced.

When I took the tree down I was quite surprised to see that the lightening hit had sapped the tree of a lot of its water content.(hence , lightening hit trees make excellent firewood, as they are paritally dried already.)

Answer 4

Once a tree has been struck by lightening I don't think is too much you can do for it, electricity has fulminated the tree all the way down to the roots..☺

Answer 5

Not much, what's done is done. Sorry

Answer 6

make it into firewood

Answer 7

you don't.
Replace & move on (recycle the other)