this is a white oak in the front of my property...you'll notice it has grown to the picture right...along with most of the canopy...
i love the form of this tree and think it will provide wonderful shade in the front yard...but i'm worried if one day the angle of this tree will lead it to falling over...
i keep thinking..."it has lasted this long on it's own"...but i have also noticed that drainage of the land is washing picture right as well...which i think over time is washing away the top soil from the picture left side of the tree...which could cause it to be more apt to uprooting...
as you can see in the picture...i have started adding soil to that left side...in an effort to help support the tree...i plan on putting down an 1" every six months...is this a good thing to do...?...will it even help the tree...?
i have also thought about planting another tree on that left side to help hold things down...is this a good idea...?
recently i learned that white oaks have a deep taproot...but i read somewhere on the internet that a white oak loses this taproot as it matures...our soil conditions here are a sandy 6" top soil with dirt under that...then you hit clay at about 5' under the surface...so would the taproot even be able to get a good hold...?
i know i have a lot here...thanks in advance for any input on what to do about my white oak...if anything...
and i need some clarification on the taproot thing...
my pictures are below...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid197/p94fbc7e910e8589ac0728772d26a19f1/f0fe3c6d.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid197/pa3bbe24d428988cdc05496bfd1aa5d80/f0fe3c7c.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid197/p5baf4d71ff55456847c34ff82d247d6a/f0fe3c65.jpg
i love the form of this tree and think it will provide wonderful shade in the front yard...but i'm worried if one day the angle of this tree will lead it to falling over...
i keep thinking..."it has lasted this long on it's own"...but i have also noticed that drainage of the land is washing picture right as well...which i think over time is washing away the top soil from the picture left side of the tree...which could cause it to be more apt to uprooting...
as you can see in the picture...i have started adding soil to that left side...in an effort to help support the tree...i plan on putting down an 1" every six months...is this a good thing to do...?...will it even help the tree...?
i have also thought about planting another tree on that left side to help hold things down...is this a good idea...?
recently i learned that white oaks have a deep taproot...but i read somewhere on the internet that a white oak loses this taproot as it matures...our soil conditions here are a sandy 6" top soil with dirt under that...then you hit clay at about 5' under the surface...so would the taproot even be able to get a good hold...?
i know i have a lot here...thanks in advance for any input on what to do about my white oak...if anything...
and i need some clarification on the taproot thing...
my pictures are below...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid197/p94fbc7e910e8589ac0728772d26a19f1/f0fe3c6d.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid197/pa3bbe24d428988cdc05496bfd1aa5d80/f0fe3c7c.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid197/p5baf4d71ff55456847c34ff82d247d6a/f0fe3c65.jpg