Propagation: Plant Propagation: The Basics Summer 2016, 1 by oxdriftgardener

oxdriftgardener wrote:
Today\'s project: OPERATION SAVE THE TREE
About a month ago I noticed a disastrous thing happening to the anchor tree in our front yard. One of the Y branches was splitting from the main trunk. Of course there is another history story here. I planted this tree shortly after building the house so probably around 1979-80. We were visiting friends at their cabin on a lake. The lake was very low that year and this little Manitoba Maple seedling was growing on what normally would have been under water in the bottom of the lake. It was only about 4-6\" high and I dug him up and planted him in the front yard. Yesterday when we were in town I finally remembered to pick up a green ratchet strap to try to hold it together. This must be a common thing to happen to this tree because my daughter in Kenora has a humongous one in her yard that has a gigantic logging chain grown right into it from some previous owner having done the same repair. I couldn\'t figure out how to get a logging chain tight so settled for the ratchet strap.
Of course I can never get the pictures to load in the order that I want. The first photo shown is a very close up of the separation taken from the ladder as I was climbing up. 4 & 5 are further back shots of the split and 2&3 are me playing monkey and performing hernia surgery.