"Brooklyn1" Gravesend1 wrote in message
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"Gary Brown" wrote:

Last week's snow storm broke the top of a pine tree that has
some sentimental value. The top is not completely off, just
bent down. Is it possible to fix it? How?

What kind of pine tree, and are you sure it's pine and not
some other
conifer... usually when people don't know what conifer they
call all
pine. A picture would help greatly. If the leader is badly
fractured
it may be best to just lop it off... however usually with
conifers a
new leader will develop on its own anyway. I wouldn't make
any
decisions or do anything until you see what occurs come
spring... a
leader would be very supple/springy, can easily heal itself so
that in
a year or two you'd not be able to find the damaged spot.

Here are some pictures

http://webpages.charter.net/garyjbro...TegansTree.htm

Note the top is still connected. I had assumed trees grew from
the top and once it broke off that was it unless the top was
grafted back on. The responses suggest that is not the case.

This was a potted Christmas tree for our daughter when she was
about 3. It was almost dead when I planted it and nursed it
back to health. That was 22 years ago. I've fed it
sporadically and watched it grow to about 25 ft.

Thanks,
Gary