This is a mango I successfully grafted. Yesterday, I saw the bark is cut all the way around, I believe by my lawn guy on accident with the weed whacker. We planted this tree when my dog died earlier this year, and it has a lot of value to me. Should I leave it alone, is there a chance it will survive? If not, should I scrape additional bark and try to air layer it so I can eventually cut it and plant it back in the same spot?
ghostmaloned
Who is the dog?
Edit: I got distracted and didn’t finish reading the post.
johndoe388
You might quickly read up on bridge grafting and trying that. It MAY save your tree.
Extra-Somewhere-9168
Air layering is a good idea. Since you did graft before regrafting a twig onto the stump may also work.
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This is a mango I successfully grafted. Yesterday, I saw the bark is cut all the way around, I believe by my lawn guy on accident with the weed whacker. We planted this tree when my dog died earlier this year, and it has a lot of value to me. Should I leave it alone, is there a chance it will survive? If not, should I scrape additional bark and try to air layer it so I can eventually cut it and plant it back in the same spot?
Who is the dog?
Edit: I got distracted and didn’t finish reading the post.
You might quickly read up on bridge grafting and trying that. It MAY save your tree.
Air layering is a good idea. Since you did graft before regrafting a twig onto the stump may also work.