I still stand by using the tree trunk goop formula and I don't agree with using either tar or concrete. These are too permanent and will have the same effect as having a band-aid on for too long.
Howard's own words: '... do not use any pruning paint of any kind. Not only is it a waste of money, it?s detrimental. The wounds will heal slowly.'
Treat the wound with hydrogen pyroxide if you think it's infected, then apply the tree trunk goop. This wards off bugs and nourishes the tree as it repairs itself. Yes, it will wash off after a good rain, but just mix up a good batch of goop, keep it sealed, and when a strong rain washes off the last application, just apply again. It's summer in Texas- it's not like there will be a strong rain very often in the next few months.
_________________ Shepherd of the Trees
It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succor of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields we know so that those who live after may have clean earth to till.
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