Gday all and Merry Xmas!
In the interests of peace and consideration for my fellow man (person?), I am taking an enforced break from renovating today. This means that I finally get a chance to play with my trees for the first time in many months!!!
The first cab off the rank is my
collected Pear which was posted back in September, and heavily wired not long thereafter. It has grown vigorously - so much so that the heavy guage wire I used has already bitten into the bark in a number of places. I have removed all the wire, and am tossing up whether or not to re-wire, given that this tree probably has another 3 months of growth left for the season.
My question is this:
With such deep/wide wire scars, is it possible to reduce the 'strangled' look by re-wounding the concave portions of the scar? (Much like pruning scars can be made to heal more quickly and evenly by re-wounding the bark at the edges.)
Attached is a close-up of one of the scars in question - the wire used here was 6mm (~1/4"). The trunk of the Pear is pretty gnarly generally, so the scarring isn't too much of a concern, but there are some points where it is really noticeable (the scar in the pic, for instance, is on a straight, smooth bit of trunk).
Thanks in advance, and Happy Holidays!!!
FlyBri.