rockm

"i just dint like running the risk of leaving the wounds open to infection or attacks from pests."

This is what sells cut paste. Trees don't heal like humans. Tree wounds don't require bandaids. Trees compartmentalize damaged cells, sealing them off and shutting them down--unlike animals where open wounds can lead directly to the circulatory system. There had been great debate in the "tree world" a while back about sealant use. The opinion of alot of tree growers (not bonsai growers only) that sealant is not necessary on pruning wounds.

http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/e...c/minprnwn.html

http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/Depart.../tree+myths.htm

http://ag.arizona.edu/maricopa/gard...004/myths.html+

http://www.dakota.unl.edu/newsitems/news060206132959DEL