u/kangminkim1

So I live in a new home and they planted a treee last year with this tape. I uncovered it today to find a pretty big crack along where the branch is.

I'm wondering if I need to patch this so it doesn't get bigger, like fill it with something and maybe zip tie it? Whats the best approach for this issues and can this branch be saved?

for context I bought this table second hand. I'm not sure what finish is on it already but when rubbing with isopropyl alcohol the finish with some color comes off.

I want to mainly fix the sheen difference from heat I'm assuming, there's some cup marks too.