Arizona monsoon results

[Desert Monkey]

We lost our awesome Mexican thorny lime tree. Was a heck of a storm we had here, and I'm thinking this thing was hit by lighting - the bark is all burned out in spots and it's charred down the split.

Take a look -

 

[MikeFlynn74]

That sucks-

Time to plant another!

 

[david_42]

I make no claim to having anything other than a brown thumb, but when that happened to my mother's thorny lime (Enchanted Hills, Tucson), she straightened it out, bound it and covered the exposed areas with some kind of grafting wax. It came back.

 

[elkdog]

How the hell did it get hit, standing right next to a much taller tree? Sometimes the gods want mojitos, I suppose.

 

[Desert_Sky]

I think we had 14 inches in July down here. Awesome monsoon

 

[Desert Monkey]

How the hell did it get hit, standing right next to a much taller tree? Sometimes the gods want mojitos, I suppose.

I spent a good couple of minutes trying to figure that out myself. I wasn't convinced it was struck until I took a look at the bark - blown right off the front.

It's in the back yard getting ready to be diced up for the garbage. Was a hell of a storm -

 

[bob1852]

were you brewing during the storm? name it lightning IPA and play some Metallica ride the lightning :rockin:

 

[brauhaus]

that sucks poor tree didn't stand a chance.

I too am amazed that the larger trees didn't get hit first...