Hard to see how, but he managed to remove about 3/4" tall band of bark around the entire tree, the trunk is about 1" in diameter. ALL of the bark is removed in this band.
Any chance the tree will survive? Really pizzes me off. Any ideas on how to increase chance of survival?
The tree was given to me in very distressed condition, it was finally starting to grow with some nice vigor. It was even blooming, which I was going to pinch off.
Just had an idea, what if I removed some bark from a branch off of my Geffner Atemoya and tried to graft it on? Might that work?
?? I also have a soursop, but it's not all that big.