Cleaned wounds

Paul Pikel — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:00:08 +0000

Well the carving is done, and the tree’s dead wood has been removed. The wounds were deep in some areas, but for the most part an easy process. Although these wounds are really big in some areas, the tree itself is huge and the growth should cover over easily.

Main Branch with cut paste

The first branch section was the worst of the problem areas. Additionally two wounds were close to one another so as the carving was done they nearly touched. The cut paste I use is made for non conifers and will stay on the wound until the cambium pushes it off. I can’t stress how well this stuff works or how seriously needed this type of covering is. It will give this tree the best chance of healing by using this cut paste shown here.

Cut near top of tree

This area was starting to heal, but I needed to round off the cut so that the cambium would continue to cover over. I’ll provide more pictures later as the healing continues.

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failed graft

Paul Pikel — Sun, 24 Oct 2004 19:45:59 +0000

This tree didn’t cooperate all that well this year. out of the three grafts that I tried only one took. The biggest challenges were the three hurricanes that hit Central Florida. This tree was moved so often and two of the grafts weren’t strong enough to take the handling. In any case you can see in the picture to the right where the thing twig goes in from the left and where the thick graft took at the right side. I will redo the other two grafts this winter. October 2004

The paste that I used here is available at the Orlando Bonsai Store

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Cleaned wounds

failed graft