On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:14:01 -0500, micky
wrote:

On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:57:57 -0800, Oren wrote:

On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:47:42 -0500, micky
wrote:

Of course it's an oak tree and theyr'e supposed to live a long time

This Oak is 329+ years old.

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDX1_hGepQc

Thanks. So it doesn't mean a thing that my triee is maybe 83 years
old. So I still wonder, Was there any point in digging that hole
ar0ound the tree?



No. No reason what so ever on a healthy Oak tree.

BTW, the 329+ year tree is showing its age, with empty sections. My
tree is as hearty as a young woman, with a complete canopy with no
holes, from above, and last time I was there about 15 years ago, from
below.

Sure. Has your tree been hit by lightening, suffered trough fire?
That 329+ year old tree now has a lawyer to protect it.

As a kid, ancestors born circa 1895 said an Oak tree could not be
transplanted. I proved that wrong. It can be moved on some smaller
trees. It takes months to root prune the oak. Done by digging a wide
half moon around the base, give it six months to recover from shock
and then root prune the other side.

"...Efforts continue today to protect this historical tree from being
damaged by people, however some damage has still occurred. On November
30, 2005, truck driver, James Hayden, collided with two of the trees
large limbs and wrenched them from the tree. The Thomasville Police
Department charged the driver with "Disobeying a traffic control
device."

Traffic control device? Say it ain't so :-\

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Oak