Apple trees ring barked advice

[Pinkfoot]

Thank you for your kind offer but I'm going to have a crack at a bridge graft on the tree in the last picture. My mate understands that it might not survive but I like the challenge of trying something new.

 

You are most welcome.

My brother has a good sized Crimson King maple in his paddock that the sheep ate the bark off.

I told him to take some strips of bark from another maple

and use that to bridge the gap .

Several pieces would work well enough to keep the tree alive.

You would have to wound the area a little to lay the bark to, perhaps a light rubbing with sandpaper.

Wrap it in clingfilm to tie it in and promote callousing.