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Georgiaredclay lagrange, GA(Zone 7a) Jul 15, 2001

OOPS. I bought a new weed eater yesterday and was eating around the Ginko that was just planted about two months ago and I hit the trunk. The trunk was small about 1 1/2 inches and the weed eater dug down all round the trunk a good deep cut.(or a bad deep cut I should say) I hate to lose the tree and was wondering if I could find someone that could tell me how to put a band-aid on this. Thanks Jim

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Ivey Lyles, TN Jul 15, 2001

Georgiaredclay~ This type of emergency is usually treated with a "bridge" graft. Small stems from the top of the tree are grafted across the gap you made with the weedeater. these stems will be placed vertically, of course, and you should use 3 or 4. In practical terms, It's ginko-buying time.

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Georgiaredclay lagrange, GA(Zone 7a) Jul 16, 2001

Well I guess I had better break the news to wife mate. She was the one that had me buy it. I guess I could try the graft thing and then tell her I was trying to improve on it for her. Then if it dies she will think it's her fault rather than mine. Or I could tell her I saw a beaver in my little gold fish pond and we had better check our ginko because I heard they love ginko. Seriously, how would I graft stems into this. I could try and be learning something at the same time even if it doesn't work. Willing to try. Jim

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Tim Palmyra, VA(Zone 7a) Jul 16, 2001

Instead of trying to fix the tree, how about air layering it? If the cut is not wide enough the layering will not take and the area should heal, and if the layering work, then you will have the upper part of the tree.

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Ivey Lyles, TN Jul 17, 2001

Georgiaredclay: Grafting depends on keeping the inner bark layers lined up and touching. Very small nails can be used to pin things in place. If the cut you made with the weedeater is 2 in wide, then 7-8 in. long pieces should do it. Diameter about 3/8 to 1/2 in. Cut the ends in a slanting cut, lift up a strip of bark above and below the damage, insert and nail, cover it all with grafting wax. Sorry I can't upload you a picture. A web search for horticulture>grafting>bridge graft should find you plenty. Good luck. Do it right away or it's too late. Got my fingers crossed for you!

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Georgiaredclay lagrange, GA(Zone 7a) Jul 17, 2001

Well thanks and I will try that. I hadn't thought about a search on the internet. Good idea. Jim

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