I'm In Trouble

9/25/2012

Well, I have really done it this time... The Bull and Cows broke down the fence to the orchard last night while we were at church. And the Big thing is that The Bull broke Mom's peach tree..... I mean really broke.

Mom once helped her grandfather repair a prize rose bush with Electrical tape and by using the same graphing techniques others use to create hybrids. So Dad and I tried to help Mom "repair" her tree. We didn't have Electrical tape so we used duct tape. With any luck the tree will grow to cover the damaged spots but Mom says it has been along time since she has tried such a repair and never on a plant so big. Only Spring growth will tell how much of the tree will survive if any... For not it looks like this...

If any one else has any bright Ideas to save Mom's tree I would love to hear them ...

Jenny

9/25/2012 11:08:45 pm

Oh dear, poor peach tree... How tall is the tree? You might want to think about cutting back some of those long branches to take the weight off the broken places and help them heal. It's just a suggestion, what does everyone else think? There are videos about pruning peach trees on YouTube.

Nannaw

9/26/2012 02:38:08 am

The reason that my father, your mother used electrical tape was so that the branch had a chance to breath and heal...duct tape cuts off the air supply..Replace the tape and don't make it to tight and it might work..Removing some of the weight is a good ideal..It give the tree a fighting chance...Daddy did the same thing on the crab apple tree that he planted here for my Mom..and it worked...Good luck

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