Fire in garden, can trees be saved?

[Codythedog]

Recently had a fire at the bottom of our garden. A tree surgeon told us the trees will die and eventually go brittle and collapse. I’ve been advised to chop into the tree slightly to see if the tree is still alive but I’ve no idea how to tell. Can anyone guide me based off of the pictures? These are three different trees.

[AHPP]

Value is subjective. They might be goths. They might be blind. They might need them to block a view for a particular period of time. They might need the shade. They might need the shadow hitting the kitchen window to remind them to feed the cats. Hence my (I think) fairly open minded approach.

[sime42]

They're well and truly toasted I'm afraid! 

 

Always trust a Tree Surgeon. Most of the time. 

 

 

[Stubby]

Just wait and see . 

[Stere]

Some fire adapted tree species like eucs for example  can survive they resprout but unlikely yours will unlesss you have them...?

 

[Tree monkey 1682]

11 hours ago, Codythedog said:

Recently had a fire at the bottom of our garden. A tree surgeon told us the trees will die and eventually go brittle and collapse. I’ve been advised to chop into the tree slightly to see if the tree is still alive but I’ve no idea how to tell. Can anyone guide me based off of the pictures? These are three different trees.

What does the foliage look like? 

[Oldfeller]

and there you have it, dragons do not make good pets!

[Codythedog]

They’re leylandii and most of the is foliage is green apart from one tree where it has browned off. The fire was 2 weeks ago and the foliage was all green before then.

[Tree monkey 1682]

21 minutes ago, Codythedog said:

They’re leylandii and most of the is foliage is green apart from one tree where it has browned off. The fire was 2 weeks ago and the foliage was all green before then.

Add a photo and we can tell 🙄.. I don't think it's great having a fire under trees 😂

[AHPP]

13 hours ago, Codythedog said:

Recently had a fire at the bottom of our garden. A tree surgeon told us the trees will die and eventually go brittle and collapse. I’ve been advised to chop into the tree slightly to see if the tree is still alive but I’ve no idea how to tell. Can anyone guide me based off of the pictures? These are three different trees.

 

Ask yourself how quickly you need an answer. We can guess and maybe you'll get it cut down, which costs you. Or leave it for a year or two if that doesn't inconvenience you greatly. If it survives, it'll be free. If it does need doing then, it won't be any bigger and you can have been putting a tenner a week away to pay for it.

[AHPP]

2 hours ago, Stere said:

Some fire adapted tree species like eucs for example  can survive they resprout but unlikely yours will unlesss you have them...?

 

 

Eucs go as far as relying on it. There was a heartbreaking thread on here a few years ago, that I think of often. A member had built a lovely house in a little parcel of a euc forest in Portugal. So the story goes, the owner of the rest of the forest torched it for the timber regeneration, torching this poor bloke's home with it.

 

 

FOUND IT:
https://arbtalk.co.uk/forums/topic/107574-timber-frame-house/

 

Edited Wednesday at 10:09 by AHPP