Folks commonly graft different species onto one tree, so no worries. As long as your bridging branch tissue is from the same maple species or even maple genus in general. if you're trunk girdling wound runs all the way down to almost ground level, you may be grafting onto rootstock which would be a different maple species selected for vigor and better survivability. By the way what caused the girdling? Dear rubbing against young bark? With so many new trees commonly arriving with trunk already 4 to 10 in too deep in root ball exacerbated by today's overuse of mulch and landscapers recklessly building up soil around base of young trees. As arborist we are witnessing many new trees develop trunk tissue die back which most owners assume is either Sun scald or winter freeze because it's happening along one side of trunk. But what is really happening is buried trunks requiring oxygen exchange are being suffocated. causing sensitive trunk tissue to be damaged along sunward side of trunk. Just Google photos of of sun scorched trunks and you will notice how 100% lack any increasing trunk girth before entering ground. similar looking to a wooden fence pole installed into the ground. If you search KZbin for this old house how to correctly mulch around trees they will show you what a primary trunk flare looks like and how it is supposed to sit level with surrounding grade. Also try to refrain from building a raised soil mulch dike circling circling outer perimeter of root ball which unknowingly prevents irrigation from getting down to where actually needed. by watering that root ball Edge outward you will coax new radially outbound root growth. Good luck and enjoy your new family pet .

That's a bit stink, if you've left it that long before asking for a refund you should under the consumers guarentee have it fixed i believe.

Problem with a girdled tree is sap can go UP, but not down. So, the tree will live for some time, as it gets sap. The tree will try to save the tree by bridging the gap but if after some months (time depends on the species mainly) it can't, then it will interrupt the sap flow. BUT it will also try to grow suckers if the species in particular can do that. So, sorry, your tree died, but I hope it sprouted again from the ground.

Sounds like the battery was low, did you try the plug in adapter to check. I find if you're trying to inflate a high pressure tyre it struggles at the top end with the battery. Definitely NOT worth $100 it did the job when it was cheap

I bought my one today also $49 👍👍

Unfortunately this particular tree didn't make it, the deer kept coming back to undo my efforts and the vertical gap in the bark was too great to bridge successfully (as ideally you want to use thin branches and of course the greater the gap, the thicker the branches will be.) It lasted a whole year longer though 😩

Matthew Brown thanks for following up! You made a valiant effort to save it!!

@@matthewbrown435 seems like you should start hunting deer in that area.

@@Pwn3dbyth3n00b yep! They've gone from a novelty to a pest! 😝

@@matthewbrown435 how many branches did you put around the tree...was it just the one or you put them all around the exposed area

That's a long time, sounds defective or a flat battery, I've used it for a lot of different tires on my vehicles. If it's a big SUV type tire, it's a lot more air to pump in, so will take longer than a smaller car tire, best use the power adapter (cigarette lighter) base, it's a lot faster.

😂😂😂 Are you going to be ok?

Hi Sheila, it's still alive so far! 👍

@@MatthewBrown-wq1nc were now two years in, hows it going?

just saw another post, sorry it didnt survive.

Im no expert but all I can say is that we've had other trees that had the same issue, and those died, this one has survived so far.

How much damage would full girdling without touching the green cambium would do to a small tree? I put a protective tube on it to avoid grassmowers, but the support stick broke and eventually it grinded itself against the plastic pipe.

@@Koraxus apparently I have since learnt that the nutrients and energy from photosynthesis travels from the leaves down to the roots and if that route is cut off then the roots are what die off and then ultimately the tree. You might get away with sealing it up if it is a narrow gap but other uploads indicate its best to bridge if there is enough bark removed.

@@MatthewBrown-wq1nc It is a very narrow gap, but it's also a small tree. It's no thicker than 1 cm but it goes all around.

Definitely from what I could see, this portion of trunk had totally lost all of its phloem and cambium layer. That's straight wood sapwood xylem we see open to the elements. Grafting on new tissue sounds like a novel inventive idea for an otherwise fatally girdled tree. I do agree with you that further cutting live tissue back was probably a mistake. This is now an outdated method people used to call tracing. By cutting off and evening out edges in order for fat lip tissue to grow back evenly.

so far the tree is surviving and putting out new "leaves" so it appears to but I've read you wont really know for a whole year if the repair has worked long term. I will do a follow up video.

Matthew Brown how did this work?

@@kirmcook Sadly the deer kept coming back to undo my efforts, and the tree that died now but it certainly lasted a lot longer than if I had done nothing.

Matthew Brown it probably would have survived if the dear didn’t kill it!

MR V I've just used to paint my daughter's whole house inside and out, no dilution of either interior or exterior, saved us days of work!!!! 👍

what issues have you had with it james?

I'd say its equivalent to cleaning out rollers and paintbrushes, scoop out as much paint as you can from the hopper, I half fill with water and then run the prime setting so it circulates the water through the machine, repeat with clean water but have the discharge tube going into a bucket. takes a few rinses but this only takes a few mins. You reallly need to have it on a table though so you can collect in a normal sized bucket. Blowing the paint out of the lines takes longer than you think and thats a bit messy. I havent worked out how to do that barring sticking a wet cloth over the head without it painting what you dont want. The inside of the hopper is made of a sort of paint repelling material so it does scrub up well. Spray head parts I've just soaked in warm water for a bit before "having at them". I'm a bit fussy so I take just under an hour in all.

in respect of overspray, its nowhere near as bad as the flexio air powered ones that i have tried, but if you dont mask and move away from your target you will get overspray but i used a simple piece of corflute signboard on a stick to avoid most of it.

I just cleaned it out again last night, i timed it and it took 35mins and I actually read the instructions again in respect of clearing the line which does need to be followed, take the spray nozzle off, fill the hopper with water or appropriate cleaning fluid, turn to prime, depress the trigger and hold the spray head against the side of the paint tin and while the motor is running, switch to spray. This will let the remaining paint run through the lines at low pressure but make sure you keep that trigger depressed before you turn to spray. Once you start seeing the paint thin, stop and switch to a spare bucket to get rid of the watered down paint mix. It always helps when you read the instructions properly doesnt it!! :-)

James Honey good timing James, just bought the paint to do the outside of my house. hopefully starting next week weather allowing so watch this space 👍

brilliant, hope the weather kind to you. look forward to watching the unit in action. thanks for getting back so fast. I'm thinking of getting one for my business, so any information would be very much appreciated. ta

here's the update video kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqOlqWakj7t4n7s

Spungebobroundtop I wish I had his money!

lockodonis it says you can, but you may have to thin them down though. although if you're doing fine furniture work I think it would be more practical to use a conventional air blower type, you could buy an air compressor and attachMent tool cheaper than this baby! 😀

Matthew Brown great... many thanks and happy Christmas!

lockodonis lockodonis

sorry James, i didnt see your comment for some reason. Yes, clean the top resevior out with water thoroughly first then once youre getting clean water out, just pour a cap full or two into the intake and run it for another second. This just stops any watered down paint residue drying inside the various internals.