This is the remains of a fallen mango tree that's was swept down by a typhoon last year. Although the typhoon was strong to name, actually the soil's condition is another one to find fault with. Our farm in Tangadan, which we laughingly call Marakawit Farm (don't even ask me how it was named 😂, still a legendary unknown to me),has soil that is dry and sandy in nature; the lack of irrigation didn't help. My Mom stipulates (yup, she is a critical thinker) that the mango tree's roots has grown sideways instead of laterally deeper because of the absence of water source below the ground ( hence, it depended on the water being showered on the surface), causing it's weak anchorage to the soil.
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