HI Ben
were the branches completely cut way or just severely broken but
with still some parts of the bark joined?
I had this problem with a sort of lacquer tree in the court but
potted ,and I put small wooden sticks like a brace around the
breaking point and cicatrizing paste and wired the branch 3 years
later was fine and alive.. but you you can see the scar .. I use big
bamboos sections splitted into quarters lenghtwise because are
concave and can adapt better to keep the two parts together.
In case that these branches on the trident are hopelessly gone you
can try to do some grafting or thread grafting from some closer
branches , trident push very long sprouts and you could have another
young branch ready for grafting easily at hand in few weeks the very
same year but wait 2 years before cutting back the new branch to be
sured teh cambium is fusioned properly
Best regards
Theo

Ben Griffin wrote:
Hi everyone yesterday i was putting on the roof to my
greenhouse. One of the pieces slipped off and tumbled
onto a older trident maple. Were just getting into
fall here now. It broke off 2 main branches
completely. I fitted them back on as best i could.
Wired them into their previous position to secure the
joint. Then put cut paste over the broken area. I
also reduced the leaves slightly on each branch. Does
anyone have any other suggestions to "possibly save
these 2 branches or is it hopeless.

Ben

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