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11-10-2007, 10:35 AM
bebop
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Originally Posted by
Sacha
On 11/10/07 08:40, in article
,
"Klara"
wrote:
In message , Stan The Man
writes
Should I paint the trunk with something in the hope that it will protect
the tree from infection, given that quite a bit of bark is missing?
If the full circumference is stripped I fear you will lose the tree as
the sap won't be able to travel up to the leaves. In any event it is
likely that there will be no new growth above the stripped bark albeit
you may get some new growth at ground level. Cork trees seem to cope
well when their bark is stripped/harvested but they are an exception.
It is stripped the way something with claws would do it, and actually
mostly on one side, so there is a bit that is still intact. Is there
some sort of first aid I can apply, to try to salvage it? (It's a lovely
little tree, and, of course, an anniversary gift from our three
daughters....)
There is a lot of new growth from below that point, but that would turn
more into something like a bush....
I'd still keep the new growth and I'd invest in one of those spiral plastic
tree guards, too.
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
To the original poster:
The smaller the tree is when you plant it, the better it will establish and grow on. Most potted trees in garden centres are pot-bound - their roots are going round in circles in too small a container. You can tease out the roots to a degree but it's never quite the same.
If the tree is bare-rooted, it has lost a good proportion of its roots when removed from the soil. The smaller the tree, the less proportion it has lost. Commercial forestry nurseries, for example, undercut their seedlings in situ to encourage new growth of feeding roots at the expense of support roots. This means the seedling will feed itself well when planted out but it has to be small enough not to be blown over.
It is rare to get a really good tree at the normal garden centre. It's usually best to hunt out a specialist in the trees you are after.
Hope this helps.
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