Latest storm we had a couple months ago knocked my parent’s privacy hedges over flat, these things are 15-20 feet tall and would probably cost 10k to replace.
I propped them all up with stakes/bricks/cinder blocks but they’re still at an angle (75-80*), but they’re alive.
My plan if I can’t find someone is to put a post in the ground with concrete and use a come-along/winch to get them straight again.
My dad had one guy stop buy and he offered to remove them but we’d like them saved.
What kind of shrubs are they? Some can be cut right to the ground and come back pretty fast. If not id try your idea and see what happens. I have a cherry that something similar happened to and was able to fix in a similar way.
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I’m sure they do tree “health care” as well
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I was curious about this so I started doing a little reading. Not looking good. Likely a significant amount of root damage and because they’re so large it’s unlikely they’ll have enough roots to produce the energy they need to survive even once you stand them back up.
Agreed, but you might have trouble finding a company to do it because they’re not going to want to be responsible when it doesn’t work. I know I wouldn’t do it fearing some Karen calling up 2 years later demanding I pay for an entire row of 15’ trees because it’s my fault they died after I straightened them.
Called the guys but they didn’t get back to my dad
I’m gonna try putting in a post with concrete and winching them back up when the ground is wet, otherwise we will probably chop them down. I do not think the roots came out enough to kill them.
One of the guys who stopped by said it would take about ten years for some trees to get that tall again
ha, that reminds me I have a small ratchet strap on a “tree” (something that stops growing at 10-12 feet) that has been there for like over 10 years. I’m surprised the strap hasn’t broke from uv damage.
Moving them inch by inch. Add another brick, wait a few weeks, remove brick and the tree is in its new spot. Then start all over again with the scissor jack.
