Last year I had a main branch on a peach tree crack and split and I didn't even know it until after I harvested the peaches and could get deep inside the tree to see it. I hooked up a motorcycle strap (with the ratchet feature) between the split branch and a big healthy branch directly opposite and tightened the strap until the split closed up tight. Then I propped a support board under the split to the ground so there was no way any weight stress could bear on the broken limb. This year the branch produced magnificently and showed no signs of breaking...although I have kept the motorcycle strap on the tree continuously and supported the branch again this year with a board to the ground. I'm treating it like wounded creature and it has responded well.
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