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Originally Posted by echinosum
I confess it, I strangled a fruit tree by tying it to its post with some nylon string and forgetting about it. ..
Will the tree manage to heal this strangulation and reinvigorate - it isn't noticeably more vigorous yet?
I notice that the tree has sent out a few new shoots from below the strangulation. The lower trunk is heavily shaded so they aren't wondrously vigorous at the moment. Should I encourage them and aim to remove the rest of the tree above the strangulation over the next few years?
If it matters, it is a real quince, Cydonia oblonga (no, not a Japanese quince).
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I've done the same with an apple, with the result it's now badly cankered, but otherwise OK and cropping well enough for my apple consumption, and is growing vigorously above. But then, it never did look strangled, so I can't offer you hope that yours will recover.
How low is the strangulation? You'll do well to get a trunk from the lower growth, and I'd have thought you'd set back the tree several years. It's a shame, but you might be better to cut your losses and replace - it might be the quickest way to get as far as quinces.
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