[IBC] Healing wounded bark on a Japanese Maple
 

In a message dated 7/12/2005 3:08:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:

I'm guessing it was from a wiring scar. I tried leaving it alone and it got
bigger. I tried some Minwax since the heartwood was exposed to help the tree
while it healed, it got bigger. I now have the edges coated with vaseline to
avoid the cambium from drying out and it seems ok.

Is it possibly a fungus? The behavior of getting bigger sounds strange
to me.

Billy on the Florida Space Coast

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I try to leave the scar alone. If it's raised a lot and looks real bad , I
trim off the raised areas making smooth against the branch. , eventually it
fills in
SteveW


I'm guessing it was from a wiring scar. I tried leaving it alone and it got
bigger. I tried some Minwax since the heartwood was exposed to help the tree
while it healed, it got bigger. I now have the edges coated with vaseline to
avoid the cambium from drying out and it seems ok.

Is there anything else I can do ( or maybe NOT do?).

Many thanls for all the tips over the years,
bob campbell
zone 7 - nor-Cal between the bay and the hills





Steve Wachs

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