Thread: Dispposing of a walnut tree?
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Old 27-09-2009, 09:38 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Dispposing of a walnut tree?
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If you do prune it, DON'T prune it in late winter to midsummer - it
bleeds badly. And DO do it properly, or it will get fungal infection
and become dangerous and/or die.

I chopped off some low branches on mine early Spring and I thought it
was never going to stop bleeding! It carried on for a week or two! Looks
like I need to heed your warning too about the fungal infection - don't
want to lose the tree, not that we get many nuts off it. Any
recommendations other than wiping the bow-saw blade with neat
disinfectant first? Maybe some candle wax dripped onto the wound?

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