A few years ago an absolutely BELOVED English walnut tree here on our farm split down to the base of the trunk during an ice storm. It revealed a large rotten portion of the main trunk. (We’ve only lived here nine years, but a neighboring farmer told me that tree was approximately 60 years old.)
I convinced my husband to leave about 3 feet of both pieces of trunk in place, hoping that it might sprout new branches. I was delighted to see some suckers sprout over the last 2 growing seasons.
We have purchased a new farm and will be moving this fall. I REALLY want to try to
root a number of the branches to plant at the new farm. I tried creating willow
water and putting a few branches in that but that was a total failure.
The only routing powder I have on hand does not seem to support barked branches.
I’ve done a few searches here on the tree for him and can’t find any recommendations for how to route branches from an English walnut. Any suggestions please?