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| Some years ago a limb on an apple tree was cut off from wind damage & a hole remains the now healed over area where the limb was. I'm afraid water or ? will get into thoe hole & start some rotting of the tree. Is there some kind of 'clay', cement or similar I can plug this hole with? I realize the broken limb left a very unhealthy area where it once was! |
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| Perhaps wood putty and some tree wound sealant after it cures? |
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| ordinary cement or mortar work quite well; paint over it with white latex paint if you like. Wood putty has solvents that can damage the tree. |
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| Leave it be. A hole, even if filled with water, isn't a problem. Anything you might do to "fix" it is old school and will enable rot. |
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- Posted by strobiculate none (My Page) on Wed, Jun 27, 12 at 23:21
| shigo. long weekend. fireplace. wine. read. shigo performed his work from a standpoint of forestry, but the basic principles of plant response are the same. in short, don't. |
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- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 28, 12 at 5:35
| You don't have to join the Shigo cult to learn the basics of tree wound healing, although he was the whacky pioneer of our understanding of the process. I prefer Richard Harris, who digests a wide range of research for the nourishment of his arboricultural vision. Shigo has only a taste for his own cooking and makes theological leaps that defy science, IMO. He is more entertaining than Harris though. Cement in trees creates a future nightmare for the arborist. I've had to remove dead scaffolds of ancient trees where I have to use a pick to break out the mortar to save my chain saw. As Strob indicates, current science says "leave wound alone". |
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| Is it better to leave the wound alone than to clean out rot and to drill holes to provide for drainage? Thanks, Mark |
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