In early June I purchased a container grown trident from a nursery. The trunk is approx. 5 inches with a nebari puddling out to almost 12 inches. A fellow club member with quite a bit of success growing tridents thought it would be fine to go ahead with a drastic pruning and take the tree down to a 3 ft. stump, let it back-bud and go from there. Normally I do drastic chopping like that in late winter/early spring. Since the chop it has been bleeding profusely, pushing off every application of cut paste. Now it is starting to smell like rot. There are a few open buds near the base where some shoots/suckers were at one point but nothing higher along the trunk.
Is there any way to resolve the bleeding and save this patient? Would anyone with trident experience like to venture a prognosis for survival? I've never had this experience before.
Gratefully,
Kirk
Is there any way to resolve the bleeding and save this patient? Would anyone with trident experience like to venture a prognosis for survival? I've never had this experience before.
Gratefully,
Kirk