"Ronald Green" wrote in message ...
Hi there

I have a very large Spruce tree in a garden that I am looking after. The
tree has a large hole about the size of a Rugby Ball in one of the branches.

If we have a bad storm the branch may collapse causing damage to a Tennis
Court.

The owner does not want to remove the branch, preferring to fill the hole
and wedge the branch so that it will not fall.

Would anyone be able to recommend a non-toxic tree filler and supplier?


It'll fall. The best bet is a Y-shaped crutch firmly fixed underneath,
beyond the centre of gravity, such as you sometimes see holding up old
apple trees: but that would presumably be in the precious tennis
court! But it'll fall. Subject to correction from a wiser head, I'd
say that once a fungal infection has made a hole that big, it can only
get worse, whatever you do.

Stuff the tennis court: what if it falls on the owner's mother or
child? And it will fall: a gallon of beer on me for you and the owner
if it's still there and alive in five years.

Mike.