Plant Healthcare

Posts covering current best practices involving tree health. Some things to do, and somethings not to do with trees and sick trees in North Texas and more specifically the Fort Worth area

Should Oak Wounds Be Cauterized? What Recent Research Says About Heat, Fire, and Tree Wound Healing

The idea of using heat on a tree wound sounds unusual... After all, arborists normally try to avoid damaging the living tissue around a pruning cut. But the idea becomes more interesting when we look at oaks. Many oak species developed in ecosystems where fire was a regular part of the landscape. Mature, thick-barked oaks can be surprisingly tolerant of low-intensity fire, and some research shows that certain oak species are better able to survive and compartmentalize fire in

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