Certain words we never like to hear together. Flat and broke. Small and mind. Ignorant and tool. I won't go on. Bed and bug. If you are a maple tree in your golden years, crotch and rot are two of those words. If your maples are in their late fifties, you need to have a peak at their crotches. Trees which weren't pruned as vigorously as perhaps was necessary can develop a deep and rot prone crotch.
There is hope. Clear the organic matter and chisel out as much rot as you can access. Facilitate drying as is possible. Forget the hair dryer. I tried it, so you won't have to. An industrial heat gun will help. A week or so of nice hot, dry weather is best. Fill that crotch with concrete and trowel it off so it will drain.( I mentioned this in a face book post last year and some of you snickered.)
Crotch rot. There, I said it. It's no joke.
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