I have a small Japanese lace-leaf maple (about 3 feet high). You can picture the tree in the shape of an "m", in that there is a central trunk that splits into two and then the two branches hang down. During the recent snowstorms here in Vancouver, the tree split in the middle of the "m" (i.e. at the top of the trunk)--I assume due to repeated freeze-thaws. At the top, the tree is now split about three inches deep in the centre of the trunk. Is there a way to salvage or repair it? If only they made tree glue... Thanks for any advice.
Once the split has healed it will be difficult to repair the frcture... you could try the following.... Reopen the wounded edge lines, and bind the stalk back together, very tightly. I would visit the nearest nursery for the required materials and possible remedial advise from their horticulturist. I have had very similar winter damage to my Acer and it did not survive.
Wouldn't have fused back together this quickly. Might have dried out to the point of not being readily re-joined. A freshly split, still moist fork might be induced to repair itself by taping etc. the two halves tightly together using grafting supplies.
