In most cases, damage along the trellis will diminish with distance because
metal posts and/or trees attached to the trellis will act as grounds to
dissipate the charge. How many trees are killed or damaged will depend on many
different factors, including the strength of the initial lightening
I am not aware of lightning strikes on any wire trellis systems in our
area but that was always one of the selling points for using monofilament
instead of wire.
Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
Acton, ME
On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Steven Bibula sbib...@maine.rr.com
wrote:
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I’ve never seen lightning damage in an apple orchard but have seen it happen
several times in grape vineyards. It usually damages the entire row and can
even cause trellis poles to explode. Vines recover in a couple of years.
My feeling is about the same would happen with apples, if any trees
My sister in Ohio recently told me that a local orchard near her tried
using wires like yours ( I have a tresses system here in Montana) and had
lighting kill a lot of their trees. Must be something to it...
On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 8:39 AM, Steven Bibula sbib...@maine.rr.com wrote:
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