Nina Shishkoff wrote:

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Everyone: Thanks for the Bucida advice! I was able to calm the mind of a newbie. Here's my next question: Someone just bought a large fig with a "dead area". He hopes he can encourage the cambium to heal over the dead area. Now, we'll leave aside th
e troubling question of what killed the dead area. I have no experience with large figs; my figs don't heal over cuts worth a damn; is it likely this tree will?

Nina Shishkoff


Nina:
Jerry Meslik is probably the person to answer, but I'll throw in my limited experience. I have a Ficus Too Little that I did a major cut on three years ago. I did the cut right at the point where several major branches came out of the trunk. This is a b
room-style tree, more or less. For a couple of years it healed over at a good rate, but has slowed down some now. The trunk diameter at the cut is about 1.25
inches.

Craig Cowing
NY
zone 5b/6a sunset 37

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