If you mean ‘rot away’, then your statement is not true at all. Trees take a long time to rot away. If you meant ‘start to rot’, then yes, you’re right. https:

If you mean ‘rot away’, then your statement is not true at all. Trees take a long time to rot away. If you meant ‘start to rot’, then yes, you’re right. https://www.google.com/search?q=how+long+does+it+take+a+tree+to+rot&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari https://www.google.com/search?q=how+long+does+it+take+a+tree... Google says minimum 50 years.