Greg:
Growers who want to try to save some Southwest-Injured trees might
want to consider sealing the tacked-down bark
with Doc Farwell's Seal and Heal. I think the Doc Farwell's Grafting Seal is
the same stuff. They form a very tough but
flexible seal that can remain for years. The
Trees in Central Washington sustained a lot of trunk damage in November 2010,
an event now called the Thanksgiving freeze. Daily high temperatures that had
been 55 to 60 Fahrenheit (15C) dropped to as low as -5 to -18F (-23C). The
trunks of many trees were not ready for this, so we saw a lot of
