Ok, so I know it's "only" a common Brown Turkey Fig Tree. But it was my "flagship" tree that was ten years old, carefully pruned and loaded with its breba crop.  It loomed over my "young-uns" -- the Black Mission and Green Ischia trees that I planted last fall and who are now getting their "legs under them" and putting on nice growth.

Then the rains came, the wind blew and down came a neighbors pine tree ... shattering my beloved tree. Snapped the trunk down to the Earth.  

This being Florida, Im sure she'll come back from the roots. And, considering the disaster some of y'all had this winter, this loss is ... minor.  Plus, I'm profoundly thankful that no property was damaged or anyone injured.

But dang-it, dang-it, dang-it.

Guess its time to salvage what I can and make some cuttings and chop up the rest for the smoker this fall.

   You have a remarkably good attitude after the disaster...best of luck on your come back.

I'm so sorry, you are right tho - being thankful no one was hurt. Your tree ought to come back from the base.
Hang in there, your others that were under the tree can now be front and center!

Good luck with your tree's regrowth!

Good luck and a great attitude, looks like a good time to plant more trees.

Thank you all... I think the neighborhood birds are taking it harder than I am, since they gorge on most of the proceeds, anyway :)

A good attitude in disaster will go a long ways. And you are right, it will come back from the roots. Shoot since you live in Florida, give it lots of fertilizer and you might even get enough growth this summer for a small, late crop before it goes dormant.

Sorry for your loss, and to read about your unfortunate turn of events.  Regardless, it's still a great loss to see an older tree destroyed no matter how it happened, and what was spared.  You are lucky that you live in such a fig friendly climate, and that you have such a long growing season.

Good luck.


Frank

Hi Nativesun,

Well, I'll tell you my own damned neighbor action:
That jackass did a barbecue less than a meter away from the common fence and the heat did hit my "Goutte d'or" . I lost at least three brebas because of his misbehaving - they got burned/cooked .
Checking the trees, I could feel how hot his barbecue got !
Man, why didn't he put his barbecue in the middle of his own garden !?!
Education ? Disrespect ? Ha yes, and just not to damage his own vegies.

Sorry for your loss.  A tree like that should have a very strong root system and it should grow back much faster than a new tree.

This is a sad thing.  I'm on a break from work.  Sorry

Suzi

I went out this afternoon to do some preliminary cutting of the pine to start clearing it from my backyard.  At the base of the stump what did I see?  Three little branches reaching for the sun! She is relentless!  So Im going to let the tree stay where she is and regenerate.

The pine nearly got my Green Ischia -- it took a chunk out of one of the branches. Im wondering if I should try to let that branch heal or go ahead and prune it out to protect the tree from possible problems. Advice?

I also exacted some revenge by going to a local nursery and finding two new fig trees to add to my little collection - a hardy Chicago and an improved Celeste!  We never, ever have figs in local nurseries besides Turkey figs and Celeste, so the Chicago fig was a nice treat -- and if not for the storm, Id never be looking (well, at least not at the present time...my mind, however, is swimming with all of these new fig varieties waiting to be discovered. My wife THANKS YOU ALL [ said with all due sarcasm ] for adding yet another obsession to my list -- )

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