"Kira Dirlik" !! wrote in message
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| On Fri, 20 May 2005 20:53:36 GMT, "Raleighgirl"
| wrote:
|
| OMG, I could chew nails. My hubbie was digging a trench and
hit
| every tree in sight.
| "Well, it's just a little nick" he says. Grrrrrrrrr. More
like
| gashes and torn bark.
| What should I do? I read somewhere that the black paint stuff
is
| a bunch of
| hooey. I'm afraid of bugs and wasps and borers, o my! Advice
| please????
| Raleighgirl
|
|
| I have a very large ash in my yard that the builders really
wounded
| severely (a 4 foot vertical by 1 foot horizontal gash) 10
years ago.
| In the last ten years it has healed itself. It is amazing how
the
| scar tissue has just slowly covered it up. I didn't do
anything. So
| maybe your trees will do okay by themselves. Also tulip
poplars
| that had too much dirt mounded up from the original soil level.
| Noticed big open sores starting on the trunks. Removed the
extra dirt
| (once I learned how that kills trees), and those mended over,
too. So
| hang in there.
| Kira

That's great news Kira, thanks. We've lost so many trees from
one insect or another that I'm determined not to lose more! I
agree with
a friend who said I should paint my hubbie with the black stuff
so he'll
be more careful with his tractor next time.