From: Katherine Russell <Katherine.Russell@oberlin.edu>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] "Tree Kote" - what's the verdict?
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 11:06:19 -0400
This is a question about Tree Kote, which appears to be somehting like a
tar and water emulsion. It's marketed for painting over tree wounds. Is
it good stuff? Recommended / not recommended? Can it be used for grafting?
I remember the question about a tractor-damaged apple tree a while ago
resulted in a bunch of recommendations to cut the branch off cleanly,
but not paint it with anything. Is the whole concept of a tree wound
dressing a bunch of hooey?