How to help a split crabapple tree Q: We're looking for advice to help our young crabapple tree. Several winter storms and heavy snow weighed down a branch and caused a split down the main trunk ...

Question: The big snow split our old weeping Japanese maple (3-feet by 4-feet wide). The trunk cracked apart vertically about 2 inches wide and way down the middle. Should we tie it loosely around … ...

Tree trunk and branch splits can often be repaired when the damage is addressed soon after it happens and before the wood dries and calluses. The longer you wait, the less likely the wood is to heal.