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natsgarden123:
I posted this on the other site but I am looking for more help with this...
This tree looks amazing-there is new growth pushing out everywhere right now. However, there is a split in the middle. I saved this tree from a neighbors garbage about 6 months ago ( don't know what i was thinking here). Please note that the center branch is already gone-only the stump of it is left ( about 6 inches) -the offshoots have grown right below it.   Is the tree going to die?  Do I have to chop the whole thing off?  THANKS  ???






**ADMIN EDIT** I corrected your photo posts!

Patrick:
It looks like all that you have left is the rootstock? The leader (center) was probably the grafted selection.. Although is that a flower spike remnant in the first picture?

Maybe top work the shoots?? Clean up the center..

natsgarden123:
The graft is well below ( at least 12 inches) so I dont think this is the rootstock ( would it be possible -so high above the graft?)

phantomcrab:
I don't really know the cause but there are at least 4 branches originating at the same level on the trunk. Branching should be spaced around the trunk at different levels for a more even distribution of load bearing stress in wind and while holding fruit. That's how I used to shape small peach trees. Has it been very windy lately?

Tropicalgrower89:
That just looks like the boundary between live wood and dead wood. The center piece of the trunk at the top is dead, so the live wood is growing over it (branches), which acts similarly to scar tissue.

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