I'll do that, thanks! Is there anything I can do to protect the deep wound, or is it best to leave it to scar over by itself?Prune out the broken limb & reduce the weight of the damaged side. I wonder if fat plump peach feed raccoon's are tasty?
Will do, thanks a ton for the input!Normal pruning on the tree as a whole, 25% weight deduction on the compromised limb. Thin fruit & support branch as needed to help prevent further damage.
I hope I have a bit more time with it, I only planted it 4 years ago. I'm lucky, my garden has a stone wall that creates a microclimate, and up until now, it's been going gangbusters. Fingers crossed!Everyone will think I am crazy, but try to save it. Buy an oversize exhaust clamp and line it with heater hose, clamp the limb up high back in place and run a screw or two through the limbs. Get some help and get everything ready and lift the limb into place in one move.
By the looks of the picture and being a dwarf tree with some age, you only have about 2-5 years at best left in it and if your like me peach trees are a blessing and hard to get to live in the first place.
You have nothing to loose and get another one started to replace it.
And string them like Christmas lights from my rain gutters. Sadly it is illegal to kill a raccoon in Toronto, and they are a huge problem in this city.Shoot the peach stealing raccoon.
Only illegal if you get caught
It needs a peach in its mouth! That's some serious grilling!
Nooooooo! That's not what I think it is ... is it?
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