I came home and my Fiddle Tree I've had for about 6 years was broke in half. Unknown if the wind blew it over or somehow the dog did it- though there is no other mess. . Can any of this be salvaged or is it done? It was about 10 ft tall for reference.
by Difficult-Classic-47
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Congratulations, you will now have 2 trees! I’d take clean pruning scissors and cut it again a little below where it snapped as well as make a nice clean cut of the main stem that broke off. Put the broken piece in a container of water and it’ll eventually root in water. Just make sure it’s a big enough container that won’t easily topple over. Or put that container in a tall heavy pot or something else that can hold it upright along with the weight of the tree and it’ll eventually root. Meanwhile Father Fiddle should start sprouting new growth as well.
The base will grow again but the top is RIP. You can root the top part if you want to give that a go. I have never rooted anything that large but if you want to chop it into segments and propagate them you could get more plants!
You can probably cut that top part into like 4 pieces and prop them all.