Tom Sherwood wrote:

some of my hybrid teas are 15-20 years old. their bud unions have become
very large and gnarly, and much of them is dead wood...

...i suppose that by removeing the dead wood and getting down to living tissue
will allow new basal breaks.

We seldom have that problem up here in the North (MN Zone 4a).
However, I have read of folks using a wire brush to remove dead
bark tissue from bud unions in hope of encouraging more basal
breaks.

Regards,

Charles

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