Go big or go home!

[Dav4]

I was reworking the callus edge of the chop scars on the tree above when I discovered something a bit troublesome… a boat load of punky wood. I was surprised because this wound had been healing so nicely and was on a more vertical part of the trunk so should have been shedding water well. Any way, I removed as much of the punky wood as possible and applied wood hardener.

Ideally, I would have filled the void with epoxy putty but didn’t have enough… but I did have some acrylic stucco repair/patch in a tub. Let’s see how this works.

 

[Dav4]

It took two days to fully
Cure, but that patch is hard! ( mental note to do a better job cleaning residual filler before it hardens). Anyway, hopefully we’ll see more rolling callus by June.

 

[WNC Bonsai]

Do you plan to carve off the callous bark or just let it grow and hope it eventually fixes itself?

 

[Dav4]

Do you plan to carve off the callous bark or just let it grow and hope it eventually fixes itself?

My plan is to leave it alone until it heals. I may gently rub off some of the rough bark around the scar but don’t anticipate any further carving here. The wound is on the back of the tree fwiw.