I'm sad.
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I'm sad. This first snowstorm was too much for my locust tree. It split right in the middle.
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@dillyd poor thing. . . I hope you can save it
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@chrisnelsonsdog
I hope so too. It was growing so fast, we were so pleased with it, and now there's a hole in the landscape
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@dillyd I wonder if you could prop it up somehow, and maybe tie it back together with wire or strong rope? It probably wouldn't grow back together, but it might live.
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@chrisnelsonsdog
I think the top is a goner, but I'll make a cleaner cut and hope the bottom half survives. -
@dillyd Condolences. Hope an arborist (or you!) can maybe save it still.
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@dillyd Just watch for that snap-back, as sometimes splits can be under a fair bit of tension. Hang on locust! @chrisnelsonsdog
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@ottaross
I hope so! -
If it is a Robinia pseudoacacia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinia_pseudoacacia — is robust enough to survive.
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@GustavinoBevilacqua @ottaross it is!
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Here it is considered almost an "invasive" plant, and it is also the oldest planted tree in Paris:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust_of_Square_Ren%C3%A9-Viviani
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@GustavinoBevilacqua @ottaross wow, amazing that their oldest tree isn't a native.
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The "planted" (and documented) one: probably there are older native trees.
It seems the oldest French tree is this one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennial_olive_tree_of_Roquebrune_Cap-Martin
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@GustavinoBevilacqua
an olive tree, now that's better
