Vaseline as wound sealant??

Walter_Pall

I sometimes use milking fat. Now imagine the conversation when I buy a box of this fat, which one puts on the hands to glide over the tits of the cow nicely. But sure is cheap and smooth. And ist stay on for more than a year!! I have prove of that.

BTW: In only use some protectant in order to avoid dehydration in some instances. Most of the time I use nothing. It is state of the art in contemporary gardening education to NOT use sealants. They don't do the job that you think they do. Even worse, they provide a great microclimate for all sorts of critters and fungi that will fall all over your tree.

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irene_b

LOL I use the milking fat to soften my hands after repotting...
Irene


What trees do you not seal?

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Repotter

I have used modeling clay for about 15 years now and I love it.
It never hardens and allows the wound to continue to seal itself pushing the clay off when it is totaly healed.
I like the way it looks as well because I match the color to the bark of the tree.
I have even textured it with a piece of bark giving it the same look as the bark around the wound, it's almost invisible that way.

Hector

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PatArizona

G'day Jerry...

"...not a bonsai store within 50 miles of me..."?

Try these...

Black Pines Nursery

3113 Cornwall Road

Baltimore, MD 21222
(410) 288-5444



Little Trees Bonsai Nursery

serves Washington, DC, Maryland,

and Northern Virginia from its

office in Dumfries, Virginia and

greenhouses in Woodbridge, ...
www.littletrees.com/



Meehan’s Miniatures

4925 Woodstock Lane
Rohrersville, MD 21779

Phone: 301-432-2965
Fax: 301-432-4409
Email: info@meehansminiatures.com


And I'm not even familiar with your area...

Pat

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eeiko321

you mean the stuff kids play with?

mike_p

This product would be better than vasoline, IMHO.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bag_Balm

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Mcspeed

eeiko - yup good ole clay.

Mike bag balms da bomb, never tried it on trees, but I grew up going to a farm so often for summers, that stuff is a staple at my house forever.

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irene_b

Available in grocery stores here is called Udderly Smooth, works great on the hands.

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SlapSlapSlappy

Mike, my parents use that on their heels on the time, apparently very softening? Have you had any results with the Bag Balm?