Hey everyone!
So I bought this Trident maple from Brent at Evergreen Gardenworks back in September. This was the first tree I ever purchased. At my first club meeting the following month one of the more experienced growers leading the BYOT advice class suggested I bend a branch and use it as an approach graft to thicken the trunk since I wanted to turn this tree into a shohin.
Long story short, During my apartment move in April the end/tip that was meant to be the new branch broke off. Since then the branch has started to die. At least I assume so, as it is starting to turn brown/black. I have since covered it with cut paste to protect it. The rest of the tree is perfectly healthy and it continues to grow like crazy.
I'm just wondering what I can do to repair/fix the damage and still have a nice tree. I am guessing air layering the tree up higher is probably the only option. If that is the case, I have picked three spots I thought might be good choices, but I am fairly new and inexperienced. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks for everyone's time!
Please ignore my terrible wiring job. I didn't do enough research before I did it.
So I bought this Trident maple from Brent at Evergreen Gardenworks back in September. This was the first tree I ever purchased. At my first club meeting the following month one of the more experienced growers leading the BYOT advice class suggested I bend a branch and use it as an approach graft to thicken the trunk since I wanted to turn this tree into a shohin.
Long story short, During my apartment move in April the end/tip that was meant to be the new branch broke off. Since then the branch has started to die. At least I assume so, as it is starting to turn brown/black. I have since covered it with cut paste to protect it. The rest of the tree is perfectly healthy and it continues to grow like crazy.
I'm just wondering what I can do to repair/fix the damage and still have a nice tree. I am guessing air layering the tree up higher is probably the only option. If that is the case, I have picked three spots I thought might be good choices, but I am fairly new and inexperienced. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks for everyone's time!
Please ignore my terrible wiring job. I didn't do enough research before I did it.