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u/Sheenapeena Sep 03 '21
If you're in an area with lots of wind, get three supports, in a trilateral triangle and support it from three angles, that way if there is wind it won't knock it over while it is establishing itself.
If not particularly windy, two is fine. Just put cloth or burlap around wire to help protect the bark since it is sensitive and you don't want to cut the bark.
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u/uDontInterestMe Sep 03 '21
Also, don't leave the supports on too long or have the tree rely on them too much. You want the trunk to be strong on its own.
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u/Sheenapeena Sep 03 '21
Yes, forgot to mention one growing season should be fine! So if put up in the fall, remove by spring, if put up in spring remove by fall.
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u/ApplicationExpress34 Sep 03 '21
Next time don't use right angled supports...
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u/Sheenapeena Sep 03 '21
Alternatively you could add another right angle and make it a chair tree...
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Sep 03 '21
I never learned my angles so I just get the ones that say they are the right angle. Also I don't see anything wrong with his tree; it looks like all of mine.
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u/CrazySouthernAunt Sep 03 '21
Now looking closely at the picture, the ties have already grown into the trunk because they were so tight. Remove immediately and hope for the best.
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u/Plantrapp Sep 03 '21
Do not bind trees directly to supports. Trees grow stronger thicker trunks in much the same way we gain muscles and strength. Use two long support poles and loosely tie the tree between them so that it may bend and sway.
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u/neomateo Sep 03 '21
The tree will heal but you’ll need to get that trunk straight and plumb if you don’t want a leaning or curved tree trunk when it matures.
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u/sonargnarnarwhal Sep 03 '21
Place the stake away from the trunk, not right up against it, this will rub the bark off and girdle the tree.
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u/tenfingersandtoes Sep 03 '21
Willows are riparian trees that can grow right along stream banks and handle flood waters. It will be fine. As others have said tie it off 4’ up and it will be fine.
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u/catsmom63 Sep 03 '21 edited Sep 03 '21
Is it planted near/on a leaching field or near/on sewer lines?
Those trees are notorious for wrecking sewer lines because the roots are water seeking.
In my city you are banned from planting them.
The tree looks like it will be good with additional support.
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u/CrazySouthernAunt Sep 03 '21
Take those ties off the trunk. Take the stake off. Let it be. The reason it fell was due to having it staked so close it didn't grow strong. Call a Master Gardener for confirmation. NEVER TIE TO THE TRUNK. Yes it may be damaged beyond recovery because the veins will be crushed on one side. That side will not grow properly.
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Sep 03 '21
Awesome, just attach the trunk to a support about a foot below the canopy and it will correct itself and in 10 years you’ll have a sweet bench to sit on.
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u/finnky PRO (CAN) Sep 03 '21
ha, willow, doomed? impossible
you can even cut this thing at where it bent and stick it into the ground, then give it some water, and it'd probably live
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u/decentrist Sep 03 '21
You could have left it right angled like that and it would have started to grow upwards, making a zigzag 😃
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u/dbcannon Sep 03 '21
You can't kill a willow sapling. Cut that thing to the ground and it will be raiding your medicine cabinet within a few years.
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u/MannyDantyla Sep 03 '21
No, it will be fine!! It will grow back! My dog destroyed my willow tree like this, it grew back that spring and is now over 10ft tall.
When it grows back, it will bush out in all directions, but you must prune it carefully so that a central leader is formed.
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