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Repair or replace storm damaged trees?
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Posted by Lou_aust Melbourne (My Page) on Thu, Feb 3, 05 at 21:15
| A creek at the bottom of the garden flooded in recent rains (again) and debris has smashed and covered some young trees & shrubs. Most remain covered with debris so the extent of destruction won't be known until that we clear that over the weekend. However I did rake away a little last night and my red flowering gum (4-5 years old so still small) has broken branches. all breaks are above the graft and some branches remain partially 'connected' to the main trunk - such as it was. Might it work to tape the branches or am I better to cut and re-start or should I simply remove the tree and start again? I have been working on the basis that it was slow growing as roots were being established and they're all OK and intact. advice appreciated. |
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RE: Repair or replace storm damaged trees?
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| Haveing been through a few cyclones, we have taped up lots of our split branches and they knitted well, and the ones we could not tape we tied up to the main trunk with string or rope and had lots of success. But if they are completely snapped off I would just neaten up the break so nothing can get into it. And no I would not remove the tree, as five years is a long time so give it a chance and see how it goes as long as its roots are intact it should be OK. MM. |
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