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| Author: | Jamie Mullen [ 25 Aug 2010, 20:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Help - I've broken something |
I was having a look at the cork bark maple I bought last week and as I plan to lower some of the branches over the winter I started to have a little play around, gently bending a couple of branches down only a little bit to see what it would look like when I suddenly heard CRACK and one of the branches on the left hand side snapped clean off. The branch is around 7-8mm thick and is one of the lowest so it's a real shame to lose it and a harsh lesson for me. Is there anything I can do to reattach the brach or have I lost it for good? I feel like such a dumbass! In the vein hope someone can suggest something I have pushed the branch back into the wound and held it in place with wire and wrapped a little cling film around the break to stop it drying out. Please help! |
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| Author: | Smithy [ 25 Aug 2010, 20:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help - I've broken something |
Here Jamie check out this article on glueing branches back on http://www.bonsai4me.com/Basics/BasicsR ... anches.htm |
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| Author: | Jamie Mullen [ 25 Aug 2010, 20:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help - I've broken something |
Thanks for the quick reply. Sadly my branch is fully broken off so looks like it's a lost cause according to that article unless anyone else knows otherwise |
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| Author: | Jerry Norbury [ 25 Aug 2010, 20:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help - I've broken something |
Damn. Dan Barton told me - bend it as far as you can but when you hear it snap you should have stopped already...thanks Dan. |
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| Author: | Mariusz [ 25 Aug 2010, 21:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help - I've broken something |
shame... it happens there is a chance it will bud at that point next year so don't cut too close to the trunk! |
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| Author: | Smithy [ 25 Aug 2010, 21:15 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help - I've broken something |
Jerry Norbury wrote: Damn. Dan Barton told me - bend it as far as you can but when you hear it snap you should have stopped already...thanks Dan.  
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| Author: | keithmart [ 25 Aug 2010, 22:44 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help - I've broken something |
Hi Quote: Dan Barton told me - bend it as far as you can but when you hear it snap you should have stopped already...thanks Dan. I always advise to bend the branch until just BEFORE it snaps |
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| Author: | corin [ 26 Aug 2010, 07:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help - I've broken something |
yes lesson learnt there Im afraid, but yes it is true, in my professional opinion "stop bending the branch just before it snaps" - thats quite true, but it just takes years of experience to gauge when that will happen and I can still get it wrong |
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| Author: | John M [ 26 Aug 2010, 10:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help - I've broken something |
I'm so impressed by the number of really really helpful comments along the line of "stop bending it just before it snaps". That's what's so good about this forum! I sympathise, Jamie, 'cos I lost a branch off my larch when I was dewiring it a couple of months ago - stuck it back on at once in the usual way suggested above, and wired it into place. It still died. Never mind - losing a branch ain't as bad as losing a tree. J.
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| Author: | Jerry Norbury [ 26 Aug 2010, 11:20 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help - I've broken something |
Indeed. I've given up on a further two trees which I now believe will NOT recover - not happy. |
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