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To: MtnClimber

“How high was the wind that blew the trees over?”

It was pretty windy. Not a typhoon but maybe 50 to 60 mph gust.

I’ve problems with lots of plants on that side of the yard. There is only about 3 inches of natural soil and then you get to coral limestone. Sort of hard for roots to grow. We had a coconut palm on that side of the yard that was maybe 35 feet tall and it blew over a couple of years ago in similar weather.


11 posted on 09/11/2016 5:46:11 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: Fai Mao

Here in the Colorado Rockies we have rock under a thin layer of soil. Three years ago we gad a big wind storm that blew over 9 pine trees in my yard. I have to compost and supplement the soil layer in order to have a garden.


13 posted on 09/11/2016 5:57:41 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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