I was at the Morton Arboretum today. A couple arborists were demonstrating pruning some young black walnuts. An older guy said, "when I get a cut, I put neosporin on the wound. Should we be putting something on the cuts?" I WAS SO GLAD everybody got to hear "No" and why, as well as reminders about where to make the cut & why. I hope it sinks in. Many older folks don't seem to be able to let go of that practice.
As a kid I never understood why "bandaging" a tree was necessary. What happened to all the trees that had a limb break in a storm before humans cared to become "tree surgeons"? The answer was obvious to me even then. Nature can take care of itself when we let it.
If the wood of tree was rot resistant, and the branch was smaller, it may heal over, and compartmentalize before rot set in, but if the trees wood is rot prone, and the break catches rain water, and pests, it could introduce problems that hollow it out, and shorten its life. Proper pruning techniques, and painting the clean cut, can help a tree live longer.
I've used it, on rot prone trees, and it works great. Whenever I see someone using improper pruning techniques, like leaving long stubs, or cutting wat too close, and creating a very large oval, I'll think about how it could have been healing over, without introducing bugs and rot.
That's one thing I will not use. If a customer tells me to use it I will decline the job way before I make a cut. It's like a band aid. The cut doesn't get better until it has air time.
I was at the Morton Arboretum today. A couple arborists were demonstrating pruning some young black walnuts. An older guy said, "when I get a cut, I put neosporin on the wound. Should we be putting something on the cuts?" I WAS SO GLAD everybody got to hear "No" and why, as well as reminders about where to make the cut & why. I hope it sinks in. Many older folks don't seem to be able to let go of that practice.
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I started working in landscaping and tree work in 1981. Even then, we were instructed that pruning wounds did not need to be "sealed".
That was the first year I met Shigo and heard him speak
You knew Shigo??
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As a kid I never understood why "bandaging" a tree was necessary. What happened to all the trees that had a limb break in a storm before humans cared to become "tree surgeons"? The answer was obvious to me even then. Nature can take care of itself when we let it.
If the wood of tree was rot resistant, and the branch was smaller, it may heal over, and compartmentalize before rot set in, but if the trees wood is rot prone, and the break catches rain water, and pests, it could introduce problems that hollow it out, and shorten its life.
Proper pruning techniques, and painting the clean cut, can help a tree live longer.
I've used it, on rot prone trees, and it works great.
Whenever I see someone using improper pruning techniques, like leaving long stubs, or cutting wat too close, and creating a very large oval, I'll think about how it could have been healing over, without introducing bugs and rot.
Some things just never happen twice.
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That's one thing I will not use. If a customer tells me to use it I will decline the job way before I make a cut. It's like a band aid. The cut doesn't get better until it has air time.
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It's fo_UL day , shouldn't have toss any aerosol can to anybody by the name pa _UL 😅😂😂😂😂
Aaaahhh, the good ol' days, right?
Times change and we adapt to change
Should've left it on the rv so it wouldn't rust...
Seriously mad owner
lol
Yep
Bet you’re glad they stopped recommending that stuff last century.
@@customcuts1 yep
Last millennium!