Broken branches and white glue.

[TN_Jim]

@fredman, this sounds like a good idea, do you know of anyone has had success with this approach?

Because grafting tape can harbor moisture (like glues possibly could), do you foresee fungal issues being a problem -I just say this because with grafts I’ve seen folks spray something like daconil prior to grafting....

I like this idea of quasi-grafting a branch back to itself to heal

Fred, do you have indicators or thoughts visual etc. of tape removal?
Thank you

 

[fredman]

Fredman, I figure the two parts of the break match almost exactly, so putting them back and keeping them there is all you need.

True but i'll want more protection for it...I mean it's my baby, and it's bone is broken.

 

[fredman]

@fredman, this sounds like a good idea, do you know of anyone has had success with this approach?

Because grafting tape can harbor moisture (like glues possibly could), do you foresee fungal issues being a problem -I just say this because with grafts I’ve seen folks spray something like daconil prior to grafting....

I like this idea of quasi-grafting a branch back to itself to heal

Fred, do you have indicators or thoughts visual etc. of tape removal?
Thank you

TBH I don't know. Never used it, but it's made to protect damaged limbs on trees.
The idea of using it occurred to me while watching a Peter Warren video. He said he uses it to wrap big cuts so it don't bulge to much. He wraps that first then black insulation tape over it.

 

[erich_raudebaugh]

Here's what I do, it works like a charm. Wrap wire tightly around the break as soon as possible, setting it like it's a broken bone. Then, smear the break area with liquid cut paste. The cut paste will stimulate growth due to the hormones in it, which knits the break together. When repaired, take the wire off.

 

[sorce]

White Glues Matter.

Sorce

 

[Forsoothe!]

White Glues Matter.

Sorce

You're in deep shit now...

 

[AaronThomas]

@sorce

 

[TN_Jim]

The Aztec Economic World: Merchants and Markets in Ancient Mesoamerica
By Kenneth G. Hirth

bat shit & mastic. page 178

The Aztec Economic World

This study explores the organization, scale, complexity, and integration of Aztec commerce across Mesoamerica at Spanish contact. The aims of the book are threefold. The first is to construct an in-depth understanding of the economic organization of precolumbian Aztec society and how it...

books.google.com

 

[AaronThomas]

@TN_Jim
Hahahahahaha! That is crazy.... bat shit crazy!
Good read

 

[Joe Dupre']

Joe and Fred were at the break match
Good things

Yep, that's me on the left........long tail and big teeth!