When I was doing my pine a couple weeks ago, I advanced my line up the tree. I got it over the broken limb I wanted, but it was too far out, and my line was so sticky, I couldn't get it up against the stem. I had a bad feeling about it, so I kept lanyarded in til I got to the TIP. My instincts were good. There was a split in the limb that went perpendicular to the grain(!). It had a sprout further out, and I would have liked to have kept it since the broken limb was beefy, though defective, but I took that limb off under the assumption it wouldn't get any better over time. Was that the correct course of action?
Tree Limbs Can't Stitch Themselves Back Together, Right?
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Some tree species can heal themselves from structural failure as long as the cambium remains intact.
I've seen it in Torrey Pines here, as well as reducing horizontal split limbs and using galvanized all thread rods, washers n nuts to force the splits closed so they callous over easier.
Some species can, others can't.
Sorta like some species with cross over branches can graft together, others can't.
Jomo
I've seen it in Torrey Pines here, as well as reducing horizontal split limbs and using galvanized all thread rods, washers n nuts to force the splits closed so they callous over easier.
Some species can, others can't.
Sorta like some species with cross over branches can graft together, others can't.
Jomo
SeanKroll
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Sometimes they will take out narrow, deep 'face-cuts' from bonsai, and bend the stem over to re-grow, 'stitching' themselves back together.
I wouldn't use a TIP on such a bonsai trunk.
I wouldn't use a TIP on such a bonsai trunk.
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