0soyoung
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I think it will 'heal' faster if you get the stub down even with the new leader so that then the photosynthates and auxin from the leader can 'flow' right into the 'lip' around the chop.
I'll file some more then, which begs the questions would it heal too fast? And could healing too fast cause excessive swelling? Maybe I worry too much?I think it will 'heal' faster if you get the stub down even with the new leader so that then the photosynthates and auxin from the leader can 'flow' right into the 'lip' around the chop.
This.Maybe I worry too much?
An interesting thought, but how would that happen?could healing too fast cause excessive swelling?
@Adair M has mentioned to me that help with wound healing, Matt Ouwinga wraps wounds with Saran wrap, so I thought parafilm would work better as it conforms with the contours better. Also, I think the tape could add extra support. But perhaps this only works on maples? Adair, could you fill me in?I just now took a look at this, I tend to angle my chops more, so the transition from large to small tapers a bit easier. Why the parafilm and friction tape? If you just use cut paste, it'll cover itself over without all that. And the bark under the friction tape may stay too wet and make the bark rot or peel.
It seems to me that the only nodes we care about are already there, close to the trunk in the new leader - the long internodes will be in what eventually gets cut off. In the worst case, the entire leader gets removed and a new branch or branches are grown from buds that sprout from the branch collar.the fastest way to get callousing is to let the branch (trunk) above the wound grow uninhibited, yes? When you let something grow uninhibited, what do you get? Coarse growth, long internodes? The same is true with callous tissue.
It seems to me that the only nodes we care about are already there, close to the trunk in the new leader - the long internodes will be in what eventually gets cut off. In the worst case, the entire leader gets removed and a new branch or branches are grown from buds that sprout from the branch collar.
My observations are that wounds tend to be very slow to close the final 'cat-eye' gap. One could speed this along by applying an approach graft vertically across the wound. I think it might be wise to place the 'scion' so that it has a node is in the midst of the wound - it might pop a bud so that a stem could be grown from where the wound was. Otherwise, a branch will never emerge from the area of the wound 'scar' (there may be species that are the exception to this general rule) - only some Ebihara majic will put one there again.
I'm amazed to hear regularly how many years you guys make your sealant supply last. It's got to be a rookie mistake how fast I go through them.Sorry, you missed my point. Fast coarse growth will promote a a thick bulging callous. Just as it promotes long internodes. (It's true we will cut off a sacrifice nice the scar heals... yielding another scar to heal!
So, rather than try to use rank growth, use a bit more controlled growth combined with a covering that physically retards bulging, while at the same time encourages coverage of the wound by directing the tree's natural tendency to "bulge" to the inside where it will cover over the wound.
TopJin is very much like Elmers glue. Except it has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties. Whether these properties are beneficial I suppose is debatable, but I have good success with it. I don't need to use much of it, and my single $15 tube is likely to last me another 5 or 6 years. To date, I have not had any dieback on any wound treated with it.
@thumblessprimate1
just wondering, what about taper ?
The trunk/wound zone with the shoot, if you try to bring that into harmony [ as sizes go ] ?
So if the shoot is allowed to grow to help the taper, why do you need wound sealant ?
Good Day
Anthony
* Does one need a long branch extension of say 3 to 6 feet or many branchlets if added together,
equal 3 to 6 feet ?
From the same branch.
right?I use the sealant just to keep cambium frombleedingdesiccating.
You know more than me.right?