Hi! Tony, I have little Walnut experience as an adult as I live out side the range they do.
I came from a wet, cold area, which was good for growing them, but not good for grafting them, as they bleed as you have found. I have been told that the most successful nursery was in a very windy gully on the edge of the range that had huge gully winds (gales) many nights. They made the cut on a steep angle to aid drainage and faced the cut to the wind. They support the graft with splints and get a good result. They also work but the calendar to have the sap down at the time. So if planting new trees, look for the windiest part of the property and be aware of positioning the cut surfaces to catch the wind. Gil Tony Nelson-Smith wrote: > it is my > >understanding that sealers are out of vogue and that properly done pruning > >cuts should be left un-dressed. > > Allan - What do you recommend for such trees as walnut, where the stump of a > cut limb may weep copiously for a week or more? Sealant won't stick, > charring doesn't work (in spite of my advice to Lily!) and sap seeps out > even from the most tightly taped plastic covering. It can't be good for the > tree, especially as the leaking sap encourages moulds, but one occasionally > has to trim a branch or tidy up a break. Tony N-S. > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
