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[Ginda Fisher <ginda@concentric.net>]

I doubt it would do any good for a completely girdled tree, but if you
just have extensive damage around the base, sealing it up with wax might
help the remainder heal up and grow back.

Ginda

Gordon Nofs wrote:
> 
> I see no reason where this will connect and feed the cambium in any way.  I
> would not even take a chance at it.
>       Gordon
> *******************************************************
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
> Reply-To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
> To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [nafex] Girdled Apple Trees
> Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 18:10:44 -0500 (EST)
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Do they say what purpose this serves?  Would the wax from a toilet seal
> work just as well (a lot cheaper).
> 
> Thanks,
> Tom
> 
> --
> Thomas Olenio
> Ontario, Hardiness Zone 6a
> 
> On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Doreen Howard wrote:
> 
>  > I found this in the current issue of The Avant Gardener--it may help the
>  > person with the rabbit-girdled apple trees.
>  >
>  > "When a tree trunk or branch has been girdled by an animal chewing
> through
>  > the bark, heat some beeswax and paint it over the wound, extending the
>  > covering slightly beyond the injury."
>  >
>  > The newsletter recommends a beeswax-lanolin product--NuBark Pruning
> Sealer.
>  > It can be purchased from IntAgra, 6500 Pillsbury Ave. South, Minneapolis,
> MN
>  > 55420
>  >
>  > Doreen Howard,
>  > Wisconsin Zone 4b, where the snow has FINALLY melted and
>  > the rhubarb is peeking out of the ground.
>  >
>  >
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