I have a number of small apple trees in my garden. The cox's orange
pippin, which is about 4 years old, has a vertical split about 30cm/9"
long on its trunk. Any ideas as to the cause, also what if anything I
can do to help the tree prosper, or will it not harm the tree?
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I have a number of small apple trees in my garden. The cox's orange pippin,
which is about 4 years old, has a vertical split about 30cm/9" long on its
trunk. Any ideas as to the cause, also what if anything I can do to help
the tree prosper, or will it not harm the tree?
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Have you had a thunderstorm in recent days? Sometimes lightening can cause
that kind of damage. I have a feeling that, in some cases, growing
conditions can also cause splitting. It would be easy to see how a period
of drought followed by torrential rain might cause rapid growth, which may
split the trunk. Does any of this ring bells with you?

Spider

Spider wrote:
"Broadback" wrote in message
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I have a number of small apple trees in my garden. The cox's orange pippin,
which is about 4 years old, has a vertical split about 30cm/9" long on its
trunk. Any ideas as to the cause, also what if anything I can do to help
the tree prosper, or will it not harm the tree?
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Have you had a thunderstorm in recent days? Sometimes lightening can cause
that kind of damage. I have a feeling that, in some cases, growing
conditions can also cause splitting. It would be easy to see how a period
of drought followed by torrential rain might cause rapid growth, which may
split the trunk. Does any of this ring bells with you?

Spider


Thanks for the though Spider, definitely not lightening, no particularly
drought/rain weather either.

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