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Originally Posted by JDeere
As far as I know the tree will not die and will send off a new leader.....Might never look right again but should live.
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It
could look right, but you need to "train" your tree.
• Cut the brown diseased spike as far down as possible to leave no dead trunk
remnant within the new "repair".
• Destroy the part you've removed.
• Run some weak string or yarn between the most promising new "leaders", and tension it as much as seems possible. Opposite leaders are easier to tension.
• To prevent a "Y-split" appearing in the restored trunk, remove the least...
umm..."axial" leader next year.
(The leader
least in line with the original trunk).
• Thusly "trained", the tree will straighten the trunk itself, but it will take many years.
Off-topic:
Sawyers closed for the season yesterday.