im growing some avacadoe trees but they are still saplings about tow foot tall. MY wonderfull step daughter got mad and snapped one ...is there a way to repair it since its not snapped completely in half?
2007-03-24 09:31:41 · 5 answers · asked by darkvale 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
The stem would be damamged, trees grow by putting tissue over old tissue, which then becomes wood.
A thin layer of active cells is pushed out, with the bark as a protective layer, to do it again the next time.
the best way to treat this is to cut the tree off at the transition area from root to stem, and let it bud out from there this spring. There may be several buds that push up, choose the best looking sprout to be the new stem, and prune the others off.
Since I can tell which buds have the best angel of atatchment, I will ofted pinch a poor bud off before it has a chance to use much of the energy reserve in the roots.
This is an age old nursery practice for damaged stems such as yours, or ones that grow wron and they want to start over with.
Another thing this is used for is grafting, they graft a new cultivar onto hardy root stock, the will prune off the top growth from the parent rootstock when the graft sets.
2007-03-24 09:41:57 · answer #1 · answered by sanbornstrees 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You could try binding the two parts together very tightly with something like a piece of old stocking (flexible but firm) or budding tape.
As its so small I would look for a bud on the stem below the break and cut the stem of above the bud about 1/2 inch. The plant should re shoot. If it shoots up a number of shoots let them go till they get 4 to 5 " tall then pick out the best and snap all the other ones off. This will now be the new trunk.
Don't worry about the fact the trunk now has a bow. I had to do this alot when my trees were young (rabbit damage) and now they are mature you could never tell they were damaged with lovely straight trunks. You can''t imagine it when they are young. Only let one shoot go on as you will end up with the tree branching too low. Good luck, I don't think you will have much trouble.
2007-03-24 09:46:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can try to heal the break, OR you can lop it off 4 inches above the ground. Then it will send out new sprouts upward. Then select the strongest leader and cut out the others. Seems harsh, but it works. It is the best way to get strong new wood without festering disease.
2007-03-24 10:33:57 · answer #3 · answered by Emee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tape it back togather with some electrical tape. The tree will grow back togather on it's own.
2007-03-24 09:36:57 · answer #4 · answered by condenserhotwell 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Splint it and use agriculturial tape to bind the wound. This must be done immediatly and it doesn't always work,
2007-03-24 09:38:02 · answer #5 · answered by John S 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋