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Wed, Feb 6, 13 at 1:52
| I did this back in November. I went a little crazy and over pruned my really nice dwarf weeping cherry. As I look at it now it seems I have a bunch of "stumps" I want to clean up as well. My questions are 1. Can I saw off the obvious stumps? 2. Is there a recommendation on how to treat the "wounds". I was thinking of some kind of tar to seal the cuts? 3. I want to repair or help mend the tree so it looks less like it's been chopped nearly to death can anyone recommend a way to do this? I was thinking of sanding the wounds but figure I am probably way wrong in thinking about doing that. Thank you for any help, by the way the tree is doing fine as far as I can tell. It had gotten overgrown and what started as a little cleanup ended up as well you can see for yourselves. Thanks again! |
This post was edited by JeffN365 on Wed, Feb 6, 13 at 2:03
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- Posted by annececilia z4b/N.Michigan (My Page) on Sat, Mar 9, 13 at 7:03
| If you are thinking that by 'sawing off the stumps' and 'sanding' (YIKES!) you can make the tree look like nothing ever happened - well, that's just a bad idea. The tree needs some of the branch collar (never, ever prune a branch flush with the main trunk) in order to heal over the wound. Let the poor thing be. It needs to heal as much as it can over your cuts. I bet when it leafs out it won't look quite so bad. Keep it well watered and hope for the best. Lesson learned, eh? (Oh, and a good rule of thumb to keep in mind in future: in pruning, never remove more than 1/3 of the plant in one growing season.) |
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