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Gardening Know How Questions & Answers - https://questions.gardeningknowhow.comI have a grafted silkleaf maple tree that is 4 years old and was doing great then we got hit with a blizzard that dropped 4 ft. of snow on top splitting all the main branches away from the tree but still attached. Tree is dormed and has dropped all folage for winter
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1 Comment To "Split Jap. Silkleaf Maple Tree From Blizzard"
#1 Comment By Heather On 01/01/2011 @ 12:58 pm
Bolting a split like that is the common solution for this.
This article, in the section on split forks, will have steps for using a bolt to repair the split:
http://essmextension.tamu.edu/treecarekit/index.php/after-the-storm/tree-damage-and-hazard-assessment/repairing-storm-damaged-trees/ [1]
But, that being said, it does not always work. You may want to bring in a tree specialist to look at it to help increase you chance of success.