Dwarf Japanese Maple trunt split from heavy snow

 Ive got a Dwarf Japanese maple that has its trunk split from the heavy
snowfall from winter. An arborist says it will be 400 dollars to cable
it and put a few screws in it.. It will cost me 150 to buy a
replacement...
I am not familiar with screws to trees etc... Will this fix the tree?
He says Japanese maple dont have much disease so I shouldnt have any
problems,
Any one experiene this before, any advice would be helpful

 

A lot depends on what you have left to work with.  If it can be pulled
together, a simple immediate fix is to drill a hole through the two split
pieces and run allthread with a nut and washer on either side.  Leave enough
thread to release the rod a little over the years.

 In article


 First thing I¹d do is purchase a backup.  

I would tape the slit together NOW.  Two months retape. Repeat.

 Wondering what a dwarf Japanese maple is ?  Do you mean small weeping
maple?  
 I've got one 16 inches high by about 20 wide which I consider bonsai
that is 40 years old. The issue now is who in my family will care for it
as sooner or latter we have to give them away.

--
Bill  S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden

"The best fertilizer is the gardener's shadow." - Anon

http://patrickmurfin.livejournal.com/

 

The leaves look like cannabis, until they change color. The OP may want
to put it where it can't be seen and mistaken by teenagers or law
enforcement.


- Billy

Mad dog Republicans to the right. Democratic spider webs to the left. True
conservatives, and liberals not to be found anywhere in the phantasmagoria
of the American political landscape.

America is not broke. The country is awash in wealth and cash.
It's just that it's not in your hands. It has been transferred, in the
greatest heist in history, from the workers and consumers to the banks
and the portfolios of the uber-rich.
<http://theuptake.org/2011/03/05/michael-moore-the-big-lie-wisconsin-is-broke/>