Pruning spring bleeders

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Did a job long time ago for a homebrewer. We sank a bottle of his birch wine with breakfast taking down his Lombardy. Amazing what confidence it gives topping and lowering out big sections

 

Oh boy we better have this post modded!

[Graham]

On the subject matter. The bleeding possibly does reduce the uptake of fungal spores but there are probably many thousands that are sucked in as soon as sapwood is cut. The final cut is the one that allows spores to enter the system.

 

Whatever happened to the experimentation of mixing a fungicide into the chain oil?

[Lee Winger]

 

However i think as long as we avoid doing the prune on a bright sunny spring day it wont be so bad, it tends to stop after 24-48 hours so doing it while the spring weather is on a downturn should be all we need to do in order to do what is fair.

 

We crown lifted a birch several years ago and it leaked sap for 2 weeks, to my knowledge its still alive and healthy [well as healthy as a tree can be after having its lower limbs cut off]

[Tom D]

I've often thought that. But imagine if best practise becomes only pruning in the spring!

 

 

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[nepia]

Isn't the bleeding-flushes-the-spores theory the whole reason for cutting Prunus spp. in late summer?

 

On this thread tho'.... cedar bleeds with a spring cut; true? I ask as I may have a deodar reduction coming up.

[Guest Infinitree]

Isn't the bleeding-flushes-the-spores theory the whole reason for cutting Prunus spp. in late summer?

 

More because the spores of the Silver leaf causing fungi-Chondrostereum purpureum are rife in the damp winter months- The wetter it is the more spores are released..

[Lee Winger]

More because the spores of the Silver leaf causing fungi-Chondrostereum purpureum are rife in the damp winter months- The wetter it is the more spores are released..

 

Yep hot dry days spores less prevalent, thats what I read somewhere............

[armchairarborist]

no idea but it tastes pretty good

[nepia]

More because the spores of the Silver leaf causing fungi-Chondrostereum purpureum are rife in the damp winter months- The wetter it is the more spores are released..

 

 

Thank you.

[TRADITIONAL LOGGERS]

Slightly off topic. Birch in the 1st week of March can be tapped for making a nice wine. Trees give 1 gallon in 24hrs.