Thread: Landscaping The House Post Flood

Originally Posted by Bangyai

Coming back after the deluge it really was sad to see so many dead trees everywhere.

You would of thought that the trees and plants would of flourished but sadly it proves the fact that Bangkok's waterways are dangerously polluted not only with raw sewerage but poisonous chemicals.

Bangyai, Same for me as I drive to work now its just death. All the plant and trees around died. We suffered the least interior damage but the most exterior in our muban. It feels nice to have a garden and yard again. It was depressing looking at it for 2 months just dying more and more day by day. So we, well "she" got on with it.

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Not just BKK but the Ban Nook as well. Wherever water was standing for weeks on end wiped out everything - even bananas...

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

You would of thought that the trees and plants would of flourished but sadly it proves the fact that Bangkok's waterways are dangerously polluted not only with raw sewerage but poisonous chemicals.

Nothing to do with the water quality.

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

You would of thought that the trees and plants would of flourished but sadly it proves the fact that Bangkok's waterways are dangerously polluted not only with raw sewerage but poisonous chemicals.

Nothing to do with the water quality.

Yep, they just drowned...

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Nothing to do with the water quality.

I can understand when grass dies after being covered with water but when you see mature established trees succumb in weeks I have got to assume that there are chemicals involved.

Not only a few trees died but whole orchards were destroyed.

Apart from a few resistant species of tree waterlogged conditions reduces the supply of oxygen to tree roots and thus inhibits the ability of the roots to support the tree.

If the roots are shallow then it is possible to oxygenate the roots with a compressor.
Failing that all the trees will die.

Good job Pops (sorry, I mean Mrs Pops).

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Apart from a few resistant species of tree waterlogged conditions reduces the supply of oxygen to tree roots

I thought trees absorbed carbon dioxide from the air and then produced oxygen in return.

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You are talking about the leaves.
It's the roots which are flooded not the foliage

Trees that died, Jackfruit, banana, chompu, avocado, bougainvillea, wassana, and one mayom. The big mango tree lived but only but only because it had been cut back to almost nothing a few weeks before the flood. The neighbor complained the mangoes were falling on his roof at night. We moved the pine to the back yard as it did not fit it and could provide more shade in the back.

Thanks all.

The wasana died in stages.

Originally Posted by aging one

The big mango tree lived but only but only because it had been cut back to almost nothing a few weeks before the flood.

That's the first line of defense for waterlogged tress.
Prune them so that the roots need less oxygen and hence they will have more chance of surviving

^ We had extensive flooding in parts of Pattaya and Chon Buri Province but didn't experience the type of devastation that has been witnessed in Bangkok.

I had 40 cms of flood water through my property and didn't lose a thing although the grass was discoloured for a period and then recovered.

Here is a shot of the day we got back from Pattaya. The avocado is the big tree in the middle, the wassana are all the long shoots that look half dead.



Here are the same trees dead two weeks ago. Just before we hacked them down.




From Mid December through to the cutting down they just died a bit more each day. We were able to save and re root about 20 pieces of them, and now have a section of the garden with all three varieties of the tree bunched together.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

I had 40 cms of flood water through my property

The depth of water is irrelevant, the soil only has to be waterlogged.
It's the length of time that is important and how much oxygen the roots need to survive.

Thanks mate, just got back in from 2 hours of watering in the hot sun. As much went on me as on the lawn and plants.

Nice thread AO I know how happy you all are to have this done, good Job and looking really nice, now you have a place for you all to really enjoy when you are back home from the daily grind.

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

You would of thought that the trees and plants would of flourished but sadly it proves the fact that Bangkok's waterways are dangerously polluted not only with raw sewerage but poisonous chemicals.

Nothing to do with the water quality.

Yep, they just drowned...

Ironically , all the lesser canals around here are at their lowest levels for many years. Another fortnight of this hot weather and some of the smaller ones are going to become completely dried out.
From one extreme to the other.

Originally Posted by Bangyai

Ironically , all the lesser canals around here are at their lowest levels for many years. Another fortnight of this hot weather and some of the smaller ones are going to become completely dried out. From one extreme to the other.

Not sure its irony mate. Areas that never flood were flooded. Areas that always flood were left high and dry. Hope they dont use the same strategy next year.

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They had a strategy ?

Seems to me they did, divert anyway possible to keep it from hitting flood prone areas. Once it left Ayuthaya, it did travel in a very strange way. Don Muang airport was built there so it would not flood but it did. The new airport and downtown were saved. Along with many other flood prone areas. Thats my very disgruntled point of view. cheers.

Just a few more pictures I took while watering last night.

Orchids with the mister we had put it. The black hose above has about 6 misting points. Cools down the patio as well.



Using the trees supports to hold more orchids.


The completed side yard heading back to the sala.


The little fountain that could.

Great pics AO and all the best to you and yours.

Any idea of the total cost of revegetating your place ao?