Wound sealing

[Rivian]

Has anyone tried superglue to seal bleeding maple wounds? Tried cut paste last year but that was no good, did not hold back the liquid.
Or can I just let it bleed? Its a 2 inch diameter cut, maybe a bit wider even

 

[BonsaiDTLA]

What kind or brand of cut paste did you use?

 

[leatherback]

Cut paste does not in general intent to hold back fluids. Time your big cuts to moments the tree does not bleed as much. Or accept is looses some water and sugars until it seals.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Super glue and water don't mix.
Wood glue and water does mix. But healing underneath a hard solid coating isn't that good.

 

[Dav4]

I've found cut paste does a decent job at slowing sap loss. Ultimately, sap loss at a cut made in spring is mainly cosmetic and temporary and I wouldn't worry about it. If you really want to slow down the sap loss, re-pot and cut back the roots.

 

[Shibui]

I have yet to find a wound sealant that stops bleeding. Wound sealant is not intended to stop bleeding. It is to maintain cambium moisture so the callus and healing can occur. bleeding occurs if some trees are pruned at certain times of year. I know of 2 solutions:
Avoid that time of year.
Root prune. Bleeding stops almost immediately when roots are cut so repotting at the same time as pruning will solve the problem instantly.

 

[leatherback]

Bleeding stops almost immediately when roots are cut so repotting at the same time as pruning will solve the problem instantly.

agreed.
With of course the risk that the root trimming is so severe that the trunk starts to dry in and die back

Wound sealant is not intended to stop bleeding.

agreed. I do not understand why this idea keeps going around. They are not plasters (Which actually also do not intent to stop bleeding!)

 

[Maiden69]

Prune them in mid-fall. They bleed excessively in spring time.

 

[Shibui]

With of course the risk that the root trimming is so severe that the trunk starts to dry in and die back

Not sure if this is meant to worry beginners or to be funny? Even a light root prune will stop sap bleeding from maples. I have not yet been able to root prune hard enough to kill a JM or trident maple o the statement seems superfluous or designed to cause worry.

 

[leatherback]

to kill

not to kill.

I have had a trident dry in around the edges of a big cut when I did a strong repot at the same time. Since then I avoid doing both at the same time where possible.

 

[Shibui]

I have had a trident dry in around the edges of a big cut when I did a strong repot at the same time. Since then I avoid doing both at the same time where possible.

I'm sure your training would make you aware that one instance does not constitute proof nor validate a hypothesis. it is certainly not something I have experienced and I do root prune and top prune some hundreds of trident maples every year for more than 20 years but. I will accept there may be regional differences but would like to see more than one instance as proof of concept.