GARDENING DO-IT-YOURSELF GARDEN WOUND HEALING

Experienced and skilled gardeners twice in the year pruning garden trees and shrubs.

In the fall, it is made to make the trees winter easily.

In the spring, the branches are pruned before bud break, and also before the trees in the garden have entered the vegetation phase.

In addition, all work should be completed before the start of the sap flow process, in this case the wounds will heal faster.

In the middle part of Russia, the recommended time for pruning trees is March-April: by this time the average daily temperature will rise above 0 ° С.

In order for the garden tree after pruning to suffer as little as possible, need to cover the wounds. Putty is not required only conifers, which emit a large amount of resin.

In young fruit trees, wounds that are larger than a 10-kopeck coin are treated, and in adult trees, wounds that are larger than a 2-ruble coin are to be treated. All work on the painting and putty of tree trunks carried out in dry sunny weather.

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What do you need to gloss over the trees?

First, the life expectancy of any tree is positively affected not only by proper care, but also by timely treatment of wounds.

An open wound, as a rule, oozes for a long time, because of this, the tree becomes noticeably weaker. And if small wounds, the diameter of which does not exceed 2-2.5 cm, heal themselves relatively quickly, then large wounds require treatment and close attention of the gardener.

The fact is that with slow, but natural healing on the wounds of trees, many disease-causing fungi of bacteria settle. They cause decay of wood and can also lead to the formation of hollows. And without processing, the cut can dry out with cracks.

Secondly, it is necessary to gloss over the trees not only after pruning or grafting, but also after breaking branches and branches. Thanks to the biologically active substances that make up the putties or pastes, the regeneration process is proceeding at a faster rate.

The putty will protect the damaged part of the tree from drying out, as well as from falling into the wound of insects, bacteria and spores of fungi.

It will provide the necessary sealing sections, thereby preventing the penetration of infection through the damaged tissue.

Third, putty is used after damage to trees by hares or rodents, who love to eat shoots and bark of trees.

Some types of putties not only disinfect, but also help the trees to cope with the effects of sunburn received in the summer, and also help prevent frostbite in the winter.

At the same time, specialists and experienced gardeners do not have a common opinion when it is necessary to gloss over the trees: some recommend treating the wound immediately, while others prefer to wait until the cut dries out a bit.

The first option is preferable, since the optimal indicators for the absence of fungal infections (including hidden ones) occur in those trees whose wounds were treated immediately after cutting or sawing.

In addition, there are different opinions about what is the best to gloss over the trees. Let's deal with this issue.

The better to gloss over the trees?

The number of different putties is increasing every year. We list those that are most often in demand among gardeners:

garden pitch ("Bee", "Universal Bugorkova" and others);
RanNet paste;
garden putty "BlagoSad";
RobinGreen Biobalm;
garden putty anti-cancer "ZSP";
5% solution of blue vitriol;
oil paints (including natural varnish);

As for white, they are not able to protect the trees from various fungi and viruses, moreover, they are easily washed off from the trees with the first rain.

Note that the same material in different climates may behave differently. You can try several types of tools in order to determine the best of them. For example, you can apply a garden pitch on one cut, and on the other - a RanNet paste and see which wound will heal faster and more efficiently.

Look at the affected place a few years later: at the place of poor-quality putty necrosis or cancer wounds can form.

In any case, preference is better to give those funds, which include as little as possible of petroleum products and other "chemistry".

If there are no special tools at hand, then in case of emergency you can use duct tape, liquid nails, facade putty and cement mortar as putty.

Having applied sharpness, it is possible to use the varnishing antiseptic, thanks to the prolonged action, it will retain its antiseptic abilities longer than the usual garden pitch.

Clay is suitable from natural materials, in addition, sphagnum moss can be attached to the damaged area.

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Garden var for a tree with their own hands

Some putties can be made personally at home - they will cost you less and their components will be more natural.

In the old days, a clay mash or just clay was used to put up wounds. For the manufacture of talker you need 200 grams of clay, 100 grams of cow dung, 100 grams of lime, you can also add straw or wool to impart viscosity. The resulting mixture is diluted with water to such an extent that it resembled a very thick sour cream. This putty retains moderate viscosity and promotes the rapid healing of cuts, cuts and wounds.
Long since gardeners also valued hydrated lime. The solution is prepared as viscous and saturated as possible: at least 2-3 kg of slaked lime, 0.5 kg of copper sulphate, 100 g of casein are necessary for 10 liters of water.
Forsitic ointment is also easy to prepare yourself: take 16 parts of cow dung, 8 parts of chalk and as much wood ash, add 1 part of river sand, and then mix thoroughly until a pasty mixture is obtained. The ointment is prepared immediately before applying to the damaged area. Apply a layer of 2-3 mm, sprinkled with ash on top.
Some gardeners wound the wound with soil and tied up with sacking so that the earth does not wash away with rain and it does not crumble after drying.
There are several recipes for making gardening do-it-yourself. As a rule, putty made from equal parts of wax, rosin and grease gives a good result. First, on a light fire, you need to crush and melt the rosin, then add wax, and last but not least - grease. Mix everything thoroughly to get a homogeneous mass.
There is a simpler recipe: melt 6 parts of paraffin and add 3 parts of finely ground rosin. Bring mixture to a boil and add 2 parts of vegetable oil. Leave to simmer for another 10 minutes.
For another garden vara recipe, you will need 8 parts of fir or pine resin and 3 parts of sunflower or any other vegetable oil. Ingredients need to be mixed in a heated state.
It is possible to melt 1 part of fat on fire, add 4 parts of rosin and 1 part of wax. After the ingredients are dissolved, cook over low heat for another 20 minutes. To speed up the process of healing wounds, you can add to the mixture a crushed heteroauxin tablet.

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How to apply putty to a damaged area of wood

If the saw cut is small, then it can be covered with a usual paint brush, if the wound is large, then it is treated with a spatula or roller.

Gardeners do not recommend spraying putty with the sprayer “with experience”, because this method is not the most economical, and besides it will not be able to handle such hard-to-reach places as cracks.

Before treating wounds, they must be cleaned. If you treat an old, already dried wound, then you need to clean its surface with a garden knife.

Scrape the layer of dead cells, which is no longer possible to recover, otherwise it will prevent the penetration of new putty to living tissue.

Some gardeners, after cleaning, additionally disinfect the cut point with a 5% solution of ferrous sulfate or a pink solution of potassium permanganate.

But this procedure is not necessary if any disinfectant component (antiseptic) is included in the composition of the putty you have chosen.

Putty is applied with one thin layer. The key role is played not by the layer thickness, but by the uniformity of the coating of the damaged surface.

Wherein do not smear healthy wood, as it will interfere with the cortex to tighten the wound.

Summing up, we note:

putty promotes healing of wounds of trees. It disinfects and protects the damaged part of the tree from drying out and insects, bacteria and fungi spores getting into the wound;
some types of putties not only seal, but also help trees cope with the effects of sunburn and frostbite;
Garden putty, Robin Green biobalm, RanNet paste and other solutions are used for putty; - preference is better to give those funds, which include as little as possible of refined petroleum products and other "chemistry;
some putty can be made at home - they will be cheaper and their components will be more natural;
a small saw cut or cut can be covered with an ordinary paint brush, and if the wound is large, it is treated with a spatula or roller;
the damaged area is cleaned, only then it is covered, and the putty is applied with a uniform thin layer.