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Old 26th March 2008, 11:17 AM   #9 (permalink)
treeseer
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Default Re: Damaged Dogwood Branch

thanks eric for blowing up the picture; dendro's peepers don't peep like they useta without his hand lens.

even so, a shred of intact cambium can grow, and even torn cambium can graft and reconnect. if braced the path for circulation would be less strained--except for the hole.

A 1/4", .5cm bolt should do. or could use 1/8" cable and wirestop fasteners. first you could spiralwrap some arbortie further out the branch and guy it back to the stem, aka a soft support system.

why did the branch break?
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