In my opinion, no. You could try to do something experimental with what’s left but I don’t think it’s worth it.
Odd_Champion1617
I strongly disagree. Leave the tree and it’ll bounce back fine. You can’t even buy Ash trees anymore here in Colorado. Give the guy a shot.
astramilitaroomba
No
tolzan
No.
Snickits
You can save it, it’s just gonna take a decade to look decent.
Personally, I wouldn’t if for no other reason than it looks to be only about 10 feet off your house. It’ll only cause unnecessary issues to the siding and roof as it gets bigger.
Priff
If you leave it it will keep growing. This wound won’t kill it, but the new growth will shoot straight up, grow fast, and have a bad attachment, so it’s likely to fail again.
One solution is to simply leave it, and prune the new growth every few years. It will survive just fine, but it’s obviously not meant to be a tall tree at this point.
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In my opinion, no. You could try to do something experimental with what’s left but I don’t think it’s worth it.
I strongly disagree. Leave the tree and it’ll bounce back fine. You can’t even buy Ash trees anymore here in Colorado. Give the guy a shot.
No
No.
You can save it, it’s just gonna take a decade to look decent.
Personally, I wouldn’t if for no other reason than it looks to be only about 10 feet off your house. It’ll only cause unnecessary issues to the siding and roof as it gets bigger.
If you leave it it will keep growing. This wound won’t kill it, but the new growth will shoot straight up, grow fast, and have a bad attachment, so it’s likely to fail again.
One solution is to simply leave it, and prune the new growth every few years. It will survive just fine, but it’s obviously not meant to be a tall tree at this point.
Not worth saving. It’s too small to treat and large enough to attract both LAB and EAB. Remove and replace with [a decent tree](https://www.extension.colostate.edu/docs/pubs/garden/treereclist.pdf) that is adapted to [your future climate](https://fitzlab.shinyapps.io/cityapp/).