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No abrasion or slashing of the bark deep enough to damage the cambium layer should be ignored, especially in young trees. Bark lesions are just like bleeding cuts in your own skin. Great sores from little lesions grow, or can grow, and they are a pleasure for any tree lover to mend when he finds how simple it is. Right after tracing and shaping any wound, shellac its edges to protect the newly exposed cambium. Then take your time carving and scraping smoothly off the wound's surface all shredded, dry, or discolored fibers down to solid sapwood, and apply a neat dab of tree paint. Do the same wherever a branch has been recently torn off its parent member, before decay can set in. (See Fig. 6.) |
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