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George the Pigman
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Birmingham, neutral clay soil
Split Trunk on a Lilac Tree -repair or the chop?
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February 02, 2017, 20:19:14 »
I have an old lilac tree (more that 25 years old!) in our back garden and there is a long split (about 2 foot long)down the trunk on the left hand side. I would say the gap at its largest at the tope end is a couple of inches wide. If I took it out I would lose about a third of the tree. However it has been suggested that I simply put a tie around the crack to stop it getting bigger.
Would it work or should I give that section of the tree the chop?
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squeezyjohn
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Posts: 1,022
Oxfordshire - Sandy loam on top of clay
Re: Split Trunk on a Lilac Tree -repair or the chop?
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February 02, 2017, 20:28:32 »
I reckon take it out. My lilac had bacterial blight a few years back (leaves and flowers turned brown and died back looking awful) ... the advice was to prune it within an inch of it's life, right to the ground. A couple of years later and it's back to the same size it was and healthy. I think they're difficult to kill!
If mine can lose the whole of the tree and survive - yours can survive losing a third.
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Digeroo
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Cotswolds - Gravel - Alkaline
Re: Split Trunk on a Lilac Tree -repair or the chop?
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February 03, 2017, 07:03:45 »
I would suggest removing it. It will be a source of infection. 2/3rd of a tree is better than no tree at all. It will also show you whether there is any infection below the split.
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George the Pigman
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Birmingham, neutral clay soil
Re: Split Trunk on a Lilac Tree -repair or the chop?
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February 03, 2017, 22:19:30 »
My main problem to date has been wood pigeons eating the leaves in the summer. Apparently they are a mild narcotic for them! Not seen any with rotating eyeballs as yet!
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woodypecks
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Re: Split Trunk on a Lilac Tree -repair or the chop?
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February 15, 2017, 17:31:12 »
Just read this ..Oh I do hope you haven't chopped it down ! I would definitely do the bandage thing . ...I had a plum tree which split in the gales during last Autumn. I bandaged it with plastic tape and it has healed beautifully ... I will give it a bit longer time and then remove the tape .
Lilac is such a lovely tree and heavenly scented flowers..worth saving ! Debbie
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Robert_Brenchley
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Re: Split Trunk on a Lilac Tree -repair or the chop?
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February 20, 2017, 10:51:44 »
Even if it is cut back, lilac's extremely tough, and it'll grow back. I've got some in my hedge; I coppiced it way back, and it just grew back again perfectly happily.
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squeezyjohn
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Oxfordshire - Sandy loam on top of clay
Re: Split Trunk on a Lilac Tree -repair or the chop?
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February 20, 2017, 13:30:41 »
Yeah - don't worry woodypecks ... you can't kill lilac just by chopping it down! It's like Elder!
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George the Pigman
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Posts: 519
Birmingham, neutral clay soil
Re: Split Trunk on a Lilac Tree -repair or the chop?
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March 09, 2017, 20:28:54 »
Well an update. In the end I had the whole main stem that had the crack in it cut down to the base. Turned out it was hollow all the way through. Glad I did as Storm Doris struck a few days later!
I've got a number of other stems on the lilac that look fine so I should have some flowers this year.
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