Callus-mate Wound Dressing Question

Camay123

I got some Callus-mate wound dressing on some of my tree.

One of them is an Amur maple with a 2inch diameter surface covered with the wound dressing.

My question is, what the process... do bark slowly recover that area ? How will it look in a year ?

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The thread linked below shows how the wound might be expected to heal. Scar tissue will develop and roll into the wound area. Once a year you would want to remove the dressing, clean up the areas of the wound as shown and replace the dressing.

The length of time this will take depends on the size of the wound and how much sap moves around and over the wound. Having a freely growing branch positioned close above the wound site will accelerate the healing process, whether it's a "sacrifice branch" or part of the design. Having another wound immediately above the first wound will definitely slow things down quite a bit, so if there are two wounds it's a good idea to join them together.

The photos on the second page show the same wound after a year, so that should help answer your question more fully. This tree was in a "grow box" and it's really important to get your large wounds healed before you move to a bonsai container and preferably before you start working on fine ramification or healing will be a long, difficult road with many if not most trees.

http://forum.bonsaitalk.com/showthr...1582&perpage=15

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