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krummholz, I believe the last pic shown is 5 years on.  Not speedy callusing, but callusing nonetheless.  If there has been no subsequent bleeding then it's a success in my book.  For the record; the study on walnuts was really brutal--hatchet to "trim" the lesions, and torching until the wood charred.  http://ceglenn.ucanr.edu/files/185675.pdf

 

I use a gentler scraping tool, and stop if the tissue resists, even if it's visibly infected.  the drying from the heat allows infected tissue to compartmentalize more often than not.  So the wound is much smaller.

 

Also, after scraping I favor a rinse with hydrogen peroxide.  Sometimes this adequately dries the tissue without heating.  Tho I've heard great concerns about torching doing damage, in reality this has not been observed, to my knowledge.

"Funny" not haha that after David's video, youtube shows a big HC being felled....if only they had blowtorched instead!

 

This technique desparately needs trialing on any bleeding disease--it works on Armillaria, Phytophthora,....Citizen scientists arise--you have nothing to save but your trees!

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