Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
On Sat, 05 Apr 2014 12:22:29 +0100, george - dicegeorge
wrote:

I was putting in new eye hooks
and pulling the top of the rose
around the corner of the house
when the stem split lower down.

I've tied it up with string.
But insects could get in the split and kill it.

Shall I coat it with tar or PVA or woodglue
of foamy glue to stop bugs getting in
or leave it alone and hope
the sap will repair it from inside?

[george]
.

The last time I mended a split stem I used brown parcel tape. When I
moved house years later it was still stuck on and the stem had grown.

Steve

I used cable ties, fencing wire and a 100mm brass screw to fix a branch that
split on the trunk of a Magnolia tree some 10 years ago. The split is now
repaired and cable ties, wire and screw are now covered over with bark - and
the Magnolia is flowering magnificantly this year.

Question, how do you stop grandchildren from climbing the tree - without the
use of barbed wire, electrified fence or nailing their feet to the patio
blocks etc? ;-)