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[rob hamilton <lostman_amiga@yahoo.com>]

If I had a working drill and a big long bit, I like
the bolting idea, but would wraping a big steal cable
just girdle the tree.

rob

--- Jim Fruth <jfruth@uslink.net> wrote:

>     Responding to Rob Hamilton's request about
> saving his loquat tree, I had
> a similar thing happen to one of my best maple sap
> producing maple trees.
> It had three main top branches.  A storm broke one
> off and the remaining two
> were split apart 6' down the trunk.  I winched the
> two together as tight as
> possible to close the gap between them.  Then I
> wrapped a 3/8" steel cable
> around the two securing the ends with (two) cable
> clamps.  Wherever there
> was a still open gap, I sprayed it full using spray
> foam.  It worked.
> 
> Jim Fruth
> Pequot Lakes, MN  
> 
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