Developer in our town is redeveloping a parcel that used to be a Catholic school. The developer wanted to remove the tree because it was in the way, but a lot of people in town protested . I guess now everyone is happy?

  • @NewNewAccount
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    810 months ago

    Won’t most of the tree grow back after construction finishes? I’ve seen trees severely cut back and after a couple years it’s almost impossible to tell.

    • @TheTajOP
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      1610 months ago

      It’s a silver beach. They are usually planted in front of grand estates and after 100 years, they have a huge crown and massive trunk. There’s no way this is coming back.

      • @[email protected]
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        1010 months ago

        That hella depends on the kind of tree. Just had a 9 meter hazelnut tree in my back yard cut down to about one meter. Not a leaf left on the thing. Couple months later and it’s already back to two meters with a lot of leaves on it. it’s expected to be back to about 6 meters next year.

        Try that with e.g. an oak though and it’ll not go as well.

      • @[email protected]
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        10 months ago

        Not exactly true. A couple of trees got chopped down in the park just in the other side of my fence. New trees starting sprouting all over my lawn from the root. I left a couple grow in and they’ve been growing at least a couple feet each year.

        Source: my backyard

    • Jajcus
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      710 months ago

      That depends on tree species and damage.
      Willow tree would probably survive that without a problem, most other trees won’t. Some could be saved with appropriate protective measures, like trimming the roots.

    • AggressivelyPassive
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      510 months ago

      It will take literally decades to grow back to its old glory.

      Besides, given how poorly the construction workers treated the tree so far, I guess they won’t act gently in the soil and probably damage roots or compress the ground too much.

      • @[email protected]
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        210 months ago

        Flip, I’ve been cutting down a willow in my front yard annually. Each year it seems to grow back about twice as fast. I enjoy our little game.