My Florida hurricane update story. My mango tree is now back up straight, and figthing to live.

When we returned to Florida from our cruise, we had a lot of damage in the yard, the netting was ripped all over the pool, the fence was shredded, most of my bananas were knocked down or uprooted, and my prize tree a very large mango tree that produced around 400 to 500 large mangos each year, was toppled over on its side. I called for a long time to get someone to help me, but could find no one.

Finally we had to do something, so I sawed most of the limbs off to lower the weight, and called a tow truck, which hooked a winch to it and pulled it up straight. It was a tense moment as we all hoped it would not snap the trunk. Carefully, the operator made progress and we got it up straight. Some of the roots are not above ground as a result of all of the pulling and reshifting.

I tied 1000 pound ropes on one side of the tree and used many wood braces to hold the other side. so for now the tree is stable, and we can only hope it will heal itself and the root system reestablish itself.

This mango tree from the Philippines produced around 400-500 mangos that weighted 5-7 pounds each, and were the sweetist I have ever found.

Here are some photos of the before and after.

This is what we returned home to.

The limbs were removed, and one quick note as to how prices go when you are in need in Florida after a hurricane, the best price quoted tome for cutting the tree up was $2,750 and at this price it would not be carried off either.

And this is how it looks now.

And perhaps I over did it on the braces and ropes, but I think it will be steady for a while, you think?

This was a lot of work, but i hope it will be worth it. I have added some root tone to the soil, and a lot of top soil, and might add some more. Anyway, the day in my life I thought you might be interested in.

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Johnny