we had a wind storm this morning that broke off

we had a wind storm this morning that broke off this grafted plum branch (shown upside down), there was a couple feet of flush growth above it. at 8 weeks there’s more girdling than expected. Maybe I wrapped it too tight. One thing to pay close attention to is the strength of the graft union, if the tissues are less than compatible it won’t be strong. In this case I think it’s a girdled branch. I’ll be removing the budding tape on all of our early May grafts this week and inspecting them. #grafting