Garden putty for trees: description, types, application. How to make a garden putty?

All gardeners, even those with only one tree, sooner or later face the problem of pruning trees. But to remove unnecessary branches is not all. The question arises: what to do with the place of the cut? Than to process it and whether it is necessary to do it in general? How to make a putty for wood? Let's understand.

Main Recipes

The recipes for processing the cutting site, cracking cortex, perhaps as much as the gardeners. But there are basic trends in which all those who want to make their changes, based on the circumstances.

Putty for trees is used for processing:

• Cracks formed when the temperature is changed drastically;
• Dope in the trunks of trees;
• Sites affected by frost or spring sun;
• Branches after circumcision or inoculation;

Some gardeners believe that it is not necessary to process wounds . Explain this by the fact that in a wild forest no one heals the trees, but they grow. Happens and such. Although who knows why die trees in the forest.

Wounds on fruit trees usually lead to their death. Who wants to risk and lose a tree planted with their own hands, giving fruit?

Why it is necessary to cover up wounds

• The larger the area of the cut, the higher the amount of moisture that leaves it. This weakens the tree.
• Cracks are formed in the cut site.
• Through the wound inside can enter pathogens, fungi.

If the bark is damaged, you need to remove it with a sharp clean knife to the wood with a reserve, that is, a little cut and healthy. This place is treated with a disinfectant and a wax (or putty).

It is possible not to cover the wound, but to place the tissue treated with the growth accelerator inside. Then primotat it with dark polyethylene.

It turns out that the tree itself isolates wound acid, which promotes the formation of callus and the healing of wounds. Therefore, the scraped wound wrapped in polyethylene, even without the use of heteroauxin (growth accelerator), is tightened several times faster than the untreated wound. It is necessary only to watch from time to time, whether the dressing cut into the bark, and weaken it.

It is better not to allow the appearance of wounds. But not always it is possible. Therefore, you need to start treatment as early as possible.

How to avoid damage

Part of the damage does not depend on the person. It is freezing and sunburn. But they can also be prevented. Wrapping the trunks for the winter, dropping the vine will help preserve the plants. Early spring whitewash lime trunks and branches of young trees to protect them from burns.

Even the consequences of a windbreak can be prevented by correctly shaping the crown and regulating the load of the fruit on the branch.

But in some cases we ourselves are injuring the trees themselves. This occurs during trimming during crown formation and during vaccination.

How to reduce the harm from trimming

• Do not cut trees in summer. It is better to do this in early spring, starting from the end of February, when the threat of severe frosts passes. Can be cut in autumn. But it is not known whether the wound will be delayed until winter.
• Begin to form the crown immediately after planting the tree. You need to learn to see it, projecting each of the twigs and even the kidneys for several years to come. If you constantly correctly cut thin shoots, then the cardinal will not be needed for several decades. If the cut-off branch was 1.5-2 cm in diameter, the trace from it will quickly tighten independently. No additional processing is needed.
• It is advisable to trim at a time when there is no rain.
• The cut location should be smooth, smooth. All jags, "steps" need to be removed. If the branch that is cut is covered with an old bark, it is first cleaned.
• Sawdust is carefully swept from the hemp before processing the cutting site.

The putty for trees that is on sale

• Garden vars are good for small areas.
• Garden putty for bark of trees "Blagosad" has good reviews. Wounds, cracks after its use are overgrown by the middle of summer.
• Pasta garden "RunNet" is highly valued by gardeners. It does not harden as a garden var, it is well applied to cuts and wounds, disinfects and heals wounds.
• Entomological glue.

How to make putty yourself

Not all gardeners are satisfied with the quality of the products that are sold in stores. They prefer garden putty for trees, made by own hands. They use old, well-known recipes and create their own. They look at which of the means is best for trees.

The simplest is a clay putty. It can be mixed with mullein. This will make the putty more viscous and reliable, it will last longer at the site of the cut. On the bucket of clay and mullein add 1 liter of ash. The mixture is diluted with water or 1% copper sulphate to make it soft. Kuporos will protect against diseases or help in their treatment.

There are also opponents of clay in the processing of trees. They say that this material cracks in the summer, dries quickly and begins to pull moisture out of the tree.

Many advise to process a cut with copper vitriol, then an oil paint on natural drying oil. Use water-based paint, updating it as it flushes.

Some gardeners use cement mortar to seal the hollows. Cracks in the bark are covered with a remedy called liquid nails.

Mounting foam is used for preserving the hollows, but it is dangerous for wood.

Putty "Forsyth"

One of the oldest recipes, known to gardeners for several centuries. To prepare the putty, mix 100 grams of river sand, 800 grams of lime and ash. Combine with the same amount of cow dung (1600 g). Stir thoroughly to get the ointment consistency of the dough. It should be easily superimposed on the cutting site, but do not slide off it.

When the putty for trees is laid half a centimeter thick, it is sprinkled with powder from 60 g of ash and 10 g of chalk.

This product is not stored for long, so it is prepared immediately before use.

Do not use in the rain: it's uncomfortable to cook, and it will wash off quickly.

Var "Lefort"

This putty for wood with your own hands requires more complex preparation, but can be stored. For its preparation take 100 g of rosin, 40 grams of cow fat, 300 g of alcohol.

Rosin melt on low heat, introduce fat. When they melt, cool the mixture a little and pour in alcohol. The finished product is poured into bottles to the top and tightly closed.

Var Raevsky

It can be made for those who can get hold of flaxseed oil.

• Resin - 400 g.
• Alcohol rectificate - 60 g.
• Flaxseed oil - 2 tbsp. L.

Melt the resin, injected into it heated alcohol, constantly mixed. Add the oil. The finished product is poured into a bowl with a wide throat. The fact is that when stored, the product hardens, so removing it from the bottle will be problematic. Before use, the required amount is collected, heated to the point where the putty for the trees will be easily applied to the wound surface.

Ointment Zhukovsky

Ingredients for the preparation of this product are rosin, yellow wax and zdor. They are taken in equal parts, softened, and then mixed in a common container. The cooled product is placed in a bowl with water. There it cools. Form a cake, put in a thick paper.

Used putty for cutting trees at a high enough temperature, when the ointment is not very hard. In order not to spoil the wasps, the place of application is covered with a rag or other material.

Means from products of oil refining

Paraffin melt, rosin ground. 6 parts of paraffin, 3 parts of rosin, 2 parts of any oil are mixed. Bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes. Then knead and hide in the jar. Firmly close.

Ointment with nigrol and paraffin

Nigrol, paraffin and rosin in equal parts are heated in different dishes, mixed, pouring into nigrol paraffin and rosin. They hide in cans.

There is an opinion of gardeners that in any case it is not worth using oil processing products (paraffin, nigrol). Trees are killed by chemical burns.

Other gardeners say that such a putty for tree wounds is the most effective.

When to cover

Process the cutoff point immediately after trimming. At this time, the cambium has not dried yet, so the new cortex will recover more quickly.

If you find that the bandage is destroyed, remove it, treat it with copper sulfate and apply a new one.

How many times should put putty

It depends on the quality of the tool, the weather conditions and the condition of the tree. If the putty for trees is washed away by rain or cracked in the sun and disappears, repeat the lubrication. Perhaps it makes sense to try another remedy.

It happens that the appearance of the putty tightly encircles the site. But it formed cracks, and moisture gets through them inside, causing the process of decay. In this case, you need to immediately remove the protective layer and treat wood.

In order that the putty for the tree after the cutting is tightly held in place of the cut, some gardeners fix it with bandages, an old spunbond, strips of cloth.

Slices of trees can be wrapped with sphagnum moss, fixing it with twine or other materials.

If there is no clay and cow dung nearby, it is possible to treat the cutting site with ordinary earth from under the tree. Top with a bandage.