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  • From: Heron Breen <breen@fedcoseeds.com>
  • To: breen@fedcoseeds.com, North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Bark Damage
  • Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 21:39:19 -0600

The "maine" issue is what to do about the deer who dealt the blows. Fences
are
expensive compared to freezer meat. Young buck are repeat offenders,
overzealously
staking claim to a tiny area with little reproductive results. Older bucks
visit
more spots, and seem to consider one good thrashing good to go for a while.

If you have any branch damage, stub cut near the area broken and leave until
spring
pruning to to the return best cut. This will reduce winter breakage while not
expecting the tree to heal in a season it does not naturally heal well in.
Return
cut to the branch collar. Branches torn out of or stripped down the side of
their
sockets are bad news. Don't paint anything wounded, borers are not an issue
until
spring or early summer, at least here in Maine. If you wanted to paint
something,
maybe paint the unwounded bark on the southwest side with white diluted
latex. Due
to sugars/water being sucked out of wounded area during compartmentalization,
you
may see growth next year, or you may not. Depends on lots of factors.
Severe bark injury can actually kill/damage roots as a consequence of sugar
transit
being interupted. Injured roots cause sunscald by disrupting vascular
reaction to
winter sun/cold. Injuries on the southwest side are the more prone to
expansion or
added cracks/splits/peeling.
Trees come through many serious injuries with flying colors,
Heron Breen
zone 4,
Maine




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