In article , Lynda Thornton
writes
Our robinia tree in the back garden got blown over to about 30 degrees
off the floor, in the recent (very) high winds. It's about 20 feet high
and 6-7 ins diameter trunk.
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What would people here advise?

A friend of mine once had a large oak tree that blew down in a gale -
and I mean down ie as horizontal as it is possible for a fallen over
tree to be. So, he decided to take a chain saw to it and chop it up and
sell it for firewood - might as well make some money out of it. So he
started at the 'top' with the small branches.
Well, when he had chopped off about half of the branches, the tree
started groaning and moaning and tossing and turning itself, or so it
seemed to my friend who jumped well clear of it!!!!!
Then what happened was that the tree gradually swung itself back up to
the vertical position.
It is still there today )))))))))

So, I say shove it back as close to vertical as you can get it, chop off
half of the top branches, fill in any holes round its roots and see what
happens!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jane Ransom in Lancaster.
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