That certainly appears to be one to me, AND for your information I have asked, as I have regular need for a tree surgeon, having a small wood with many mature and other trees.
The advice was as gyouiven, so stop being so bloody rude. It is true that a Leopard never changes its spots.
Read your own post, you doubted some clear evidence of something that worked.
wth a vague unsubstantiated comment.
You obviously haven't asked "them" about the use of silicone, or you'd have said, you just "guessed."
Even then you could have got conflicting opinions anyway.
And your evidence is.......... oh yes you have done a trial of one. As others have said, what you did is not recommended, it worked, which is great, but is not the best thing to do. Silicone will not be any different from any other impermeable cover. Obviously you will not acknowledge, that you might just have been lucky and that what you did might have been wrong. I don't really care whether you are impressed or not, the poster wants the best advice possible, and that would be, DO NOT COVER WOUNDS IN TREES OR SHRUBS.
I don't suppose you will apologise for your rudeness to me, although you are very quick to jump down others throats, when you think they have been rude to you.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
"We no longer recommend binding, wrapping or painting pruning cuts, the best thing is to let them heal naturally."
but hey. what does the RHS know?
So what changed?
The "key" is in the words, "no longer."
Sounds like the actions of an organation who are concerned about any possible litigation against them for a practice they obviously previously recommended for years.
It's the way of the world now.
But it's just an opinion, that no one could even be bothered to seek out before dismissing something which I'd shown actually worked.
The whole world moves on and often learns that some new methods actually work better. Maybe some folk should try moving with the times rather than living in the past with their heads in the sand, oblivious to what other people consider " progress " .
@Doghouse Riley - you did not show your technique worked, you showed in this instance it did no harm. There’s quite a difference.
Gardening is riddled with old wives’ tales and dubious practices repeated ad infinitum but rarely scientifically tested by those who promote them. Objective, scientific testing shows that double digging is not beneficial, that the sun shining on raindrops and scorching leaves is just bunkum, that gravel in the base of pots to aid drainage is tosh, that coffee grounds, eggshells and coarse grit deter slugs … yeah, and so does showing slugs videos of Morris dancing, and that cut and damaged trunks need sealing.
My parents believed ardently in all these (apart from the folk dancing) but they also lived in an era where smoking was seen as beneficial, lead additives in petrol were excellent and, for my mother at least, Catholic priests did no wrong.
Sorry scientific evidence like this, which is what reputable arborists practice, is not something doghouse would follow, unless he'd thought of it first. People like him will never admit that there is even a small possibility that they are wrong. Whatever he does is correct, he tells us that. Silicone was correct, because he used it and the tree thrived. My Gran smoked 100 a day and lived till she was 98, therefore smoking is not bad for you. As for giving an example of someone using silicone, where it didn't work, ARE YOU REALLY SERIOUS.
In medicine we used to use trephines for letting at the bad humours from the head, we don't anymore, for fairly obvious reasons. The fact that we once did it, and now don't, shows how the world moves on........except for some people. Science at its best.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
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As others have said, what you did is not recommended, it worked, which is great, but is not the best thing to do.
Silicone will not be any different from any other impermeable cover.
Obviously you will not acknowledge, that you might just have been lucky and that what you did might have been wrong.
I don't really care whether you are impressed or not, the poster wants the best advice possible, and that would be, DO NOT COVER WOUNDS IN TREES OR SHRUBS.
I don't suppose you will apologise for your rudeness to me, although you are very quick to jump down others throats, when you think they have been rude to you.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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"We no longer recommend binding, wrapping or painting pruning cuts, the best thing is to let them heal naturally."
but hey. what does the RHS know?
Maybe some folk should try moving with the times rather than living in the past with their heads in the sand, oblivious to what other people consider " progress " .
Gardening is riddled with old wives’ tales and dubious practices repeated ad infinitum but rarely scientifically tested by those who promote them. Objective, scientific testing shows that double digging is not beneficial, that the sun shining on raindrops and scorching leaves is just bunkum, that gravel in the base of pots to aid drainage is tosh, that coffee grounds, eggshells and coarse grit deter slugs … yeah, and so does showing slugs videos of Morris dancing, and that cut and damaged trunks need sealing.
My parents believed ardently in all these (apart from the folk dancing) but they also lived in an era where smoking was seen as beneficial, lead additives in petrol were excellent and, for my mother at least, Catholic priests did no wrong.
Like most others, I have moved on.
https://extension.tennessee.edu/publications/Documents/SP683.pdf
People like him will never admit that there is even a small possibility that they are wrong. Whatever he does is correct, he tells us that. Silicone was correct, because he used it and the tree thrived.
My Gran smoked 100 a day and lived till she was 98, therefore smoking is not bad for you.
As for giving an example of someone using silicone, where it didn't work, ARE YOU REALLY SERIOUS.
In medicine we used to use trephines for letting at the bad humours from the head, we don't anymore, for fairly obvious reasons. The fact that we once did it, and now don't, shows how the world moves on........except for some people.
Science at its best.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border