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I hope this is the right forum to ask this question.
I just bought a rental house and I just noticed that one of the trees (decently sized tree) that is by the house has been cut. The previous owner cut the bark, a ring around it about 1 ft off the ground. I know they did this to obviously kill the tree but is there a way to save it? To me it doesnt look like the tree is dead yet.
You can possibly save the tree, but my first reaction is to wonder why the previous owner wanted to kill the tree. How close to the house is it? Are the roots growing into the sewer line? Is it one of those trees with brittle branches that will crash down onto houses and cars? Something to ponder...
I guess I will find out over time why they tried to kill the tree. It is right next to the driveway, and in between 2 house, yet there at 2 other tress with in 10 ft of it on the neighbors lot that are fine.
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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I do bonsai, and in the process grafting and carving on live trees. The tree is kept alive by the green layer just below the bark. If it's just a thin cut, chances are good for it to survive without intervention, as it can grow over the cut. In fact, not removing enough of the ring is often the reason that air layering fails, instead of getting roots the tree repairs itself. If they have cut that out and removed a ring of at least 1/2" the chances of saving it are little. Bridge grafting is a very tricky process, especially for a beginner. For that I would consider hiring a qualified arborist.
Do you know what kind of a tree it is? Some species are quite resilient to girdling...however, they're usually trees that you don't want to survive. I was amazed at how well my Tree of Heaven survived after I girdled it!
It happened to my little Mango tree, it survived and recovered over the year and now you can hardly see where it happened, it completely grew back, but i am guessing that it depends on the climate.
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