My fruit trees are sited next to the hay field. The neighbor puts up hay on
a share basis, and forever there has been no problem. Until today. He ran
into one of the apple trees and tore off a branch of about 5" diameter,
ripping it OUT of the mother branch at the junction. The wood is splintered
three inches or more into the main branch--I pulled chunks out and can stick
my finger in there. I pruned it off as best I could, but it is so splintered
and the bark around it is so loose I don't know how to help it heal. He
skipped a tree, and then skinned a pear tree, knocking off a chunk of bark
about 1/3 of it's diameter, and abourt 5" tall. Young tree. What's the best
way to "fix" it? Have put up a temporary fence to warn him off the trees
when he returns to ted and bale.
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