toddler damaged acer

Hi,
I have a new, last autumn, acer that I have been really careful with in a patio pot.
However I came home to find a branch, a third of the plant, was snapped off.
I have trimmed it and popped it into some cutting compost.
Is there any chance this will work?
Anything I can do to improve the chances?

Little dear spends ages watering with his empty can but is a tad heavy handed.

Thanks
David

 

Hi David
Sadly acers do not take easily from cuttings, so your chances are slim in the extreme
The remaining two thirds of your plant will bush out and may well throw out a new leader or you could maybe train a new branch as one?

 

Thanks,
is that by forcing the direction with wire wrap around?

New to acers.

Cheers
D

 

Simply a little stake and a tie until it learns to grow straight up and not sideways

 

I have had no luck with my acers until I tucked them beside the greenhouse out of the wind, can you post a pic .

Try the cutting if it doesn`t take you lost nothing