Okay i hope the picture i attached and my lengthy explaination will make some sense of what happened... First of all, as soon as i got home that day, the leaves were shriveled and a bunch fell off... I left the broken branch tightly attached to the rest of the tree using wire and went looking around in my mom's gardening stuff for some sort of sealant and i found a tube of something called 'thomson's organic sealer' that she used on one of her plants in the house. So anyway i put a dab of the stuff on my finger and spread it on to the broken part of the branches and held it in place for about half an hour or so, just to be sure it stuck. After a couple days all the leaves had fallen off the branch that was seperate from the tree but the leaves of the branch that were still attached to the rest of the tree were as healthy as they were before. I left it be just to see if maybe new leaves would grow back.. But then last night i went to check on my trees and the branch had fallen off! There was no point in re-applying the sealer since the wounds had already dried up. So aaanyway, all thats left of it is a big ugly scar on the branch that remained in tact. Luckily, the leaves are still growing and even new shoots have started growing off the branch so i dont think it's in too much danger.. It's just a matter of appearance. I attached a photo which may help explain what went on... (sorry for the poor illustrations)
(1)the location of the branch on the tree.
(2)the direction in which i wanted to bend the branch.
(3)the trunk in relation to the branches.
(4)where the branches split.
(5)what the branch looks like now.
The reason for the illustration instead of an actual photo is due to my lack of a digital camera/ scanner.
Thanks everyone for your help =]
