[chrissie B]

well heres the thing woke up this morning to find my greengage tree browken clean off anout 2-3 inches from the soil , its showed no sign of being poorly , what I need to no is there a chance of saving it , it was a bit windy in the night but didn't think that much , its 2 years old , fingers crossed xx
chrissie b





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[compostqueen]

It's probably the wind that's broken it off. It's ever so windy here and there are branches and leaves all over the place

I repaired a top-grafted acer once but whether it would work with your gage is questionable as it's a real tree, I believe, rather than grafted.  I suppose now it's broken you have nothing to lose in trying to save it.  I repaired mine by getting what was left, eg various bits of twigs with shoots on and I formed them into a circle spaced around the thin trunk which was all that was left (storms in 87) I used a pair of old tights and some Arbrex (a thick paste for glueing trees back together  )  and I just used the tights as a bandage to hold the whole thing in place. It worked 

You could give it a try. Nothing ventured and all that 

[chrissie B]

thanks compostqueen I will give it a go as you say these nothing to loose .
chrissie b

[goodtogrow]

I agree, but I'd still prune the damage off neatly with secateurs/loppers, preferably down to a bud or node if there is one.  I think these things can shoot from the roots too, so we'll just have to wait and see.

Tom

[snowdrops]

I got to the lotty today & my cherry tree had snapped off about 3ft up,it was heavily laden with fruit & we had so much rain lashing down last night. Luckily it has some good new branches below the break so I'm hoping to use those as the main stem. Good luck with your greengage.